Mackmyra's history started in 1998 at a Swedish winter resort, where eight friends from the Royal Institute of Technology met up for a ski trip. Each brought along a bottle of malt whisky for the host, which led to a conversation about the manufacturing of a Swedish whisky and the lack of Swedish whiskies. The following year a company was founded, and after years of experimenting with 170 different recipes, they finally settled on two recipes in 2002.
The distillery is located next to a boulder with constant access to the crystal clear waters.A large part of the whisky is stored in new Swedish oak, which gives the whisky a harsher flavor than American oak. The whisky gets a fiery spice balanced by sweetness similar to caramelized sugar.
In 2011, the world’s most climate-smart whisky distillery was completed, Mackmyra Gravity Distillery – a 35 meter high building where the manufacturing process is carried out using gravity.
