Thy Whisky No. 23 - Hawboen

Organic - Single malt whisky

This whisky is Fruity, Vanilla Sweet and Lightly Smoked with a Maritime Touch Dedicated to "hawboerne" - The Sea Dwellers in Thy.

Category: Limited Edition
Type: Single malt whisky
grain: Odyssey barley
malt: Pale malt, Beechwood smoked malt
cask: Bourbon
grown by: Gyrup, 56,891 ° N 8,428 ° E.
Distilled: 2016 - 2020
Released:
Number of bottles: 1320 pcs
ALCOHOL: 51.5% Vol
Volume: 50 cl
Our first cask was bottled in January 2014 as our first bottle of single malt: "Thy Whisky No 1 - Kræn Klit". Since then, we have released 23 numbered bottlings of Thy Whisky.
The initial numbered series is our playground and test-lab. It contains bottlings from single casks and multiple casks, at cask strength and lower alcohol volumes, bottlings with many and few bottles. One-offs and repetitions. Heritage and modern grain varieties – and most recently this bourbon matured Hawboen.
It has been the formative series for creating our distillery profile and sets the foundation for what Thy Whisky is today. The series is not yet complete, but we are ready to reveal that Thy Whisky no 21-24 will be the last four bottles in the series. Thy Whisky no 24 will be bottled in 2024 – the 10th year anniversary of the first Thy Whisky.
Pure bourbon cask matured

“Hawboen” is a fruity, delicate and lightly smoked bourbon cask aged single malt whisky. It has aromas of vanilla, citrus, cream caramel, roasted coconut, oak spice, fresh beech sap, a light warming smoke, and a hint of something maritime and salty. It seemed appropriate to dedicate this bottle to hawboerne – the sea dwellers in Thy, who has been living and fishing of the stormy North Sea coast for generations.

We bottled the whisky at 51,5 % vol., where the whisky is balanced between strength, intensity, softness, and aroma. Apart from a few single casks, “Hawboen” is our first purely bourbon cask aged whisky since 2016. It will be the second last bottle in our inaugural series (1-24), which we will finish in 2024, 10 years after our first release.

Certified organic

This whisky is made from 100% organic grain cultivated on our farm Gyrup. Both the farm and the distillery is certified organic to ensure clean drinking water, no pesticides, biodiversity and good animal welfare.

Bourbon casks and beechwood smoke

We source our bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Distillery in Kentucky, US. They add a mild fruity note and vanilla sweetness to the whisky without dominating and taking the focus away from the grain and the beechsmoked malt.

In this bottling, both 3-year-old quarter casks, a single octave and 5-6 year-old whiskey from the larger bourbon barrels are in the mix. Making whisky in bourbon barrels is a work of patience, but the casks pay off in a beautiful fruity sweetness when the tannins from the oak are quietly oxidized.

What makes this whisky Special is ...

grain
100 %: Odyssey barley, Gyrup, harvest 2015, 2018 and 2019
malt and smoke
64 %: Beechwood smoked malt
36 %: Pale barley malt
Smoke intensity: light-medium
Water and fermentation
WATER: Groundwater from Gyrup
YEAST: M1 Distillers Yeast
Fermentation time: 6-14 days
Distillation
Distillation unit: Müller 200 liters, Müller 500 liters and Müller 1000 liters
Distillation batch:
Thy.whisky.Eco.171116
Thywhisky.Eco.021216
Thy.whisky.ECO.210119B
Thy.whisky.Eco.120219
2019-1
2020-31
casks
cask 68: 1st fill 200 liters of bourbon, filled 08-12-2016
cask 71: 1st fill 200 liters of bourbon, filled 18-01-2017
cask 279: 1st fill 200 liters of bourbon, filled 12-03-2019
cask 1259: 1st fill 200 liters of bourbon, filled 21-02-2019 (formerly 100 liters of bourbon)
cask 1261: 1st fill 200 liters of bourbon, filled 23-05-2019 (formerly 100 liters of bourbon)
cask 480: 1st fill 50 liters of bourbon, filled 14-09-2019
1320 Bottles
Type: Limited Edition
Markets: Denmark, Germany
Release Archive

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