Teerenpeli Kaski Finnish Single Malt

Teerenpeli is Finland's first commercial single malt distillery, an independent company owned by Anssi Pyysing and his wife that began as a brewery and restaurant in Lahti in 1995 and started distilling whisky in 2002, with Forsyths-built pot stills sized to fit the basement of the restaurant where the casks are also stored. The barley comes from the surrounding Päijät-Häme region and is malted at Viking Malt in Lahti, and the water is groundwater from the Salpausselkä ridge. Kaski, named for the traditional Finnish slash-and-burn method of clearing new farmland, was Teerenpeli's first whisky matured entirely in ex-sherry casks and has become one of its most awarded bottlings; it is bottled at 43% ABV in a 500ml bottle with no age statement. The distillery's own notes describe a medium-dark, roasted-brown-sugar color, a fruity nose with a light peat note, a smooth, grain-rich palate, and a spicy finish that lands on raisin and fruitcake, summed up as sweet, fruity and slightly peaty. WhiskyCast scored it 86 points. For anyone who likes sherried Speyside or Highland malts, it is a well-made and genuinely different take from a country few people associate with whisky.

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