Floki Single Malt Whisky - Sheep Dung Smoked Reserve in GP -700ml

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 47% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Sheep Dung Smoked Reserve owes its smoky character to a traditional Icelandic method: the barley is smoked over sheep dung. In Iceland, this smoking technique was used for centuries to preserve food and is still used today to prepare traditional dishes. Eimverk uses exclusively locally grown Icelandic barley for the whisky.

The single malt matures for three years at the foot of Hekla in barrels that previously held Flóki Young Malt. It is bottled as a single-cask whisky. The 2023 bottling has an alcohol content of 47% and is neither chill-filtered nor coloured. The 0.7-litre bottle comes in gift packaging.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: On the nose, the smoke is dry, with delicate notes of ash. Leather, milk chocolate and pronounced herbal aromas accompany it.
• Palate: Pronounced smoke and robust malt lead the palate. Citrus adds a fresh accent, while leather, herbs and bitter tobacco notes round out the flavour. Restrained honey sweetness provides a contrast.
• Finish: The smoke remains pronounced throughout the long finish. Delicate herbal spice and gentle sweetness accompany the lingering flavours.

Distillery/Bottler:

Eimverk is a family-run Icelandic distillery founded in 2009 that develops its spirits using local ingredients. Alongside Flóki Single Malt, it produces the pot-distilled gin Vor and Víti, its interpretation of Icelandic Brennivín.

Flóki's development involved four years of work, including 163 trial distillations and maturation experiments. Eimverk designs and builds its own stills and uses a custom-made distillation system to bring out the flavour of the barley. The Icelandic barley variety it uses is adapted to the short, intense summer. Growing its own barley and developing its own distillation equipment are therefore equally integral to the distillery's working methods.

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