Faer Isles Aquavit

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  Faer Isles Distillery Cask Matured Akvavit North Atlantic Akvavit Small Batch Færøerne 50 cl 42%

  Item no.: 056669-7441

  On the Faroe Islands, where the sea rarely lies still, Faer Isles Distillery crafts spirits that taste of rock, seaweed and wind. North Atlantic Akvavit Cask Matured is the distillery's cask-aged take on akvavit — raw, mineral-driven and far from the familiar notes of the lunch table.

  The Expert's Description

  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Cask Matured is a Faroese Akvavit aged in cask and bottled at 42%. The distillery is based in Vestmanna on Streymoy and was founded in 2021 by Bogi Karbech Mouritsen and Dánial Hoydal, who set out to use the North Atlantic's harsh, damp climate for slow, complex maturation.

  This small batch expression is made with wild angelica root and stalk, hand-harvested on the cliffs around Vestmanna, adding a mild, green spiciness. Alongside it sits North Atlantic seaweed, which gives the akvavit an unmistakably maritime character and a mineral depth rarely found in Danish or Swedish akvavits. Cask maturation rounds everything off, adding structure and complexity before the spirit is bottled at 42%.

  North Atlantic Akvavit won gold in the Aquavit category at The Spirits Business, where the judges singled out a dry, caraway-forward character on the palate — a mark of how Faer Isles' terroir-driven approach carves out its own space in the North Atlantic spirits world.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Angelica and a touch of green anise, carried on a salty scent of sea-harvested weed.

  Palate

  Spiced caraway meets mineral depth from the seaweed, dry and focused with no excess sweetness.

  Finish

  Dry and lightly salty, with a last echo of herbs lingering on.

  Specifications

  Name: North Atlantic Akvavit Cask Matured
  Distillery: Faer Isles Distillery
  Country: Faroe Islands
  Type: Akvavit
  ABV: 42%
  Size: 50 CL
  Serving suggestion: Serve chilled as an aperitif or alongside fish and shellfish.

  Flavour Profile

  Spiced · Maritime · Dry · Mineral

  Did You Know?

  Faer Isles Distillery is counted among the world's most northerly distilleries, and the angelica used in this akvavit grows wild on the cliffs around Vestmanna, hand-picked with a view straight out over the North Atlantic.

  • 1pcs.
    36,00EUR
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  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Ocean Truffle Akvavit Small Batch Faroe Islands 50 cl 43.4%

  Item no.: 056669-7443

  Out on the outer skerries of the Faroe Islands grows a seaweed that smells of truffle and tastes of the ocean itself. For a few weeks each year, when the aroma peaks, divers descend into the cold North Atlantic to pick it by hand. That is the raw, earthy core of this akvavit from Vestmanna.

  The Expert's Description

  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Ocean Truffle is an akvavit from the Faroe Islands bottled at 43.4% ABV.

  The bottle comes from Faer Isles Distillery in Vestmanna, a small distillery in the middle of the North Atlantic founded in 2021 by, among others, Bogi Mouritsen and Dánial Hoydal. The distillery's philosophy is simple: whatever can be sourced locally on the islands should end up in the bottle, and this akvavit is no exception.

  The defining botanical is Ocean Truffle, the Faroese name for the seaweed species Vertebrata lanosa. It grows attached to other seaweed along the coast and cannot be farmed or machine-harvested - only divers can find and pick it, and only during a short window around February and March, when its aroma peaks. Faer Isles is the only distillery in the world using Ocean Truffle in an akvavit, and one of just two spirits producers globally working with the plant at all. Because the amount of seaweed is limited by how much the divers can bring up from the cold water, the akvavit is made in small, limited batches.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Earthy and lightly saline, with a hint of mushroom and truffle mingling with cool sea air.

  Palate

  Full-bodied and umami-driven, where the fungal Ocean Truffle meets a touch of herbs and salt.

  Finish

  Long and dry, with a persistent mineral character reminiscent of seaweed dried in the sun.

  Specifications

  Name: Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Ocean Truffle
  Distillery: Faer Isles Distillery
  Country: Faroe Islands
  Type: Akvavit
  ABV: 43.4%
  Size: 50 CL
  Serving suggestion: Serve ice-cold in a small glass, ideally alongside fish and shellfish

  Flavour Profile

  Ocean Truffle · Maritime · Umami · Mineral

  Did You Know?

  Ocean Truffle has to be found and picked by divers, because it grows attached to other seaweed and cannot be cultivated or harvested from land.

  • 1pcs.
    36,00EUR
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  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Small Batch Aquavit 50 cl 39.8%

  Item no.: 059763-615-989

  Angelica grows wild across most of the Faroe Islands, in rock crevices and along the hillsides where the salty wind never really stops. Its root smells sweetly of anise, its stem fresh and green. Together with a touch of seaweed, it becomes the unaged akvavit from Vestmanna that the distillery itself calls Hvonn.

  The Expert's Description

  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Small Batch is an akvavit from the Faroe Islands bottled at 39.8% ABV.

  This is the unaged, non-cask-matured base akvavit from Faer Isles Distillery in Vestmanna - as distinct from the distillery's cask-matured version. The lead botanical is Angelica, known locally as kvan, which grows all over the islands and has traditionally been used in Faroese food and medicine. The distillery uses both the root, which gives a mild, anise-like character, and the stem, which adds green freshness. As in all of Faer Isles' spirits, seaweed also features, adding a maritime touch to this otherwise traditional Nordic spirit.

  The akvavit has picked up international recognition, winning a silver medal at the London Spirits Competition in 2023 and a gold medal at the Speciality Masters in 2022.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Anise-like sweetness from the Angelica root, combined with green freshness and a hint of salty sea air.

  Palate

  Spicy and lightly bitter, with Angelica's characteristic herbal trace and a mild sweetness in the middle.

  Finish

  Medium length with a touch of salty seaweed rounding off the spicy, herbal flavour.

  Specifications

  Name: Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Akvavit Small Batch
  Distillery: Faer Isles Distillery
  Country: Faroe Islands
  Type: Akvavit
  ABV: 39.8%
  Size: 50 CL
  EAN: 5744002540021
  Serving suggestion: Serve cold as a snaps, ideally with traditional Nordic food

  Flavour Profile

  Angelica · Spicy · Anise · Maritime

  Did You Know?

  The akvavit is called Hvonn in the distillery's home market - the Faroese word for Angelica, the plant behind its entire flavour profile.

  • 1pcs.
    36,00EUR
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  Faer Isles New Make Single Malt 20 cl 59,5%

  Item no.: 059763-615-9890

  Before whisky exists, there is only this: a clear, powerful spirit straight from the still, with no cask in sight. On the Faroe Islands they call it new make, and this small bottle captures one of the very first moments of Faer Isles Distillery's future whisky, caught before time and wood got the chance to shape it.

  The Expert's Description

  Faer Isles New Make Single Malt is an unaged whisky spirit from the Faroe Islands bottled at 59.5% ABV.

  The bottle holds new make spirit from Faer Isles Distillery in Vestmanna - the clear spirit that comes straight off the stills, before it has ever touched a cask. This particular batch was distilled on the distillery's Müller hybrid still, used before the current Scottish copper stills from LH Stainless were installed. The release was originally reserved for members of Faer Isles' Founders' Club and is counted among the distillery's first single malt spirit releases.

  Faer Isles is working toward a lightly peated whisky with a distinct oceanic character, matured in the traditional Faroese hjallur - an open-slatted timber storehouse where salt, humidity and wind penetrate the casks. This new make spirit, however, carries no cask influence at all and therefore shows the raw, unaged character of Faer Isles' malt spirit.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Clean and fresh with clear fruitiness and a rich, malty sweetness.

  Palate

  Powerful and oily, with malt firmly at the centre and a touch of fruit.

  Finish

  Short to medium, warm from the alcohol strength, with lingering malt character.

  Specifications

  Name: Faer Isles New Make Single Malt
  Distillery: Faer Isles Distillery
  Country: Faroe Islands
  Type: New Make Whisky Spirit
  ABV: 59.5%
  Size: 20 CL
  EAN: 5744002540106
  Serving suggestion: Taste neat in small measures, ideally at room temperature

  Flavour Profile

  Malty · Fruity · Powerful · Clean

  Did You Know?

  This new make spirit was produced on the distillery's original Müller hybrid still, before the current Scottish copper stills from LH Stainless came into operation.

  • 1pcs.
    20,00EUR