Top 10 Nordic whiskies 2025

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Time to look back on 2025. In total I reviewed 54 Nordic whiskies throughout the year. Here’s the top 10 in my very subjective view:

1. Smögen 2011 12 YO (91/100)

2. Smögen Single Cask Edition No. 7 (91/100)

3. Fary Lochan Sherry & Peat #02 (89/100)

4. Smögen 2012 9 YO (WhiskySponge) (89/100)

5. Fary Lochan Bourbon Cask #2 (89/100)

6. Eiktyrne Quadruple Batch IV (88/100)

7. Myken French Relation (88/100)

8. Stauning Hardcore Edition - Batch #2 - Censored (2025) (88/100)

9. Thy Cask 933 - Rye, barley and spelt whisky (88/100)

10. Bivrost Heimdallr (88/100)

Honorable mentions also to the bubblers Thornæs Whisky - A Taste of Denmark - Winter Edition 2025 (88/100), Eiktyrne Quadruple Batch V (88/100), High Coast Mountains 01 - Multråberget (87/100), Spirit of Hven 15 YO - Baltic Sea’s Finest (87/100), Hiernagla Freedom (87/100), Feddie Distillery Edition (87/100) and Kyrö Sauna Stories No 2 - Apricot Brandy Cask Finish (87/100).

Skål!
- Thomas