Mackmyra Svensk Rök is a Swedish single malt whisky made at Mackmyra distillery in Gävle, Sweden. The whisky uses barley malted with local peat and juniper wood following Swedish smoking methods. It is matured in Swedish oak barrels and bottled at 46.1% ABV without an age statement.
Svensk Rok feels very calm and controlled. There’s a precision here which comes across as an equilibrium between spirit, cask and smoke. Whilst I don’t detect juniper outright, the peat influence is certainly vegetal and forest-like – this adds an extra dimension to the aroma and flavour palate of the underlying Mackmyra spirit in a manner which feels both natural and integrated. Likeable and quaffable too.
