Here is the previous chapter “#6 An important person opens his doors”. On the outside, the old mill still looks like the building constructed in 1839, as testified by the cast iron numbers on the gable. But inside it is all space age and high technology. Although not completely. Under stainless steel ladders and flooring you […]

Here is the previous chapter “#6 The stpry behind the name”. “How did whisky come to Mackmyra? A guy came calling in 1998 and I don’t really know why we didn’t just turn him away at the gate. You certainly get some strange suggestions as the owner of an estate. But we knew his dad and […]

Here is the previous chapter “#4 The first drops” After our research trip to Scotland and thorough analysis of Swedish whisky history, it was time to return to the important decision – where would we establish our business? Our idea had become a plan and the plan was to build our pilot distillery and develop our […]

Previous chapter: “#2 How the idea to create Sweden’s first whisky was born” . The post is from the book “The Whisky Rebels” by Mackmyra’s co-founder Rikard Lundborg. It is well known that malt whisky should be stored for many years. The time required to create a ten year old whisky is indeed ten years. So how […]

Chapter 1 in “The story of Mackmyra – # 1 How the idea to create Sweden’s first whisky was born” is available here. The post is a short version of the chapter “The next bold step” from the book “The Whisky Rebels” by Mackmyra’s co-founder Rikard Lundborg. The insightful evening where the idea of creating […]

This article is a short version of the chapter “Saturday, 6 March, Östra Gusjösätern, Sälen” from the book “The Whisky Rebels” by Mackmyra’s co-founder Rikard Lundborg. The mountain cabin where Mackmyra came about, deep in snow. “This year I brought a malt whisky along with me,” said Jonas, showing the bottle after having pulled it […]