Copenhagen celebrates five years of whisky
Danish producer Copenhagen Distillery has launched the fifth edition of its Raw series, celebrating five years since the first whisky release.
Established in 2014, Copenhagen Distillery is led by a pharmaceutical scientist turned master distiller Lasse Öznek.
The distillery released its first single malt whisky in February 2020.
To commemorate the milestone, Copenhagen has released the fifth edition in its annual Raw series, which is said represents ‘a process of development, innovation and an exploration of how to make the perfect whisky’.
The single malt is made with 100% organic Danish barley and matured in toasted 225-litre virgin Hungarian oak casks.
Each bottle in the collection has been filled, wax sealed, labelled and signed by hand at the distillery.
Described as an ‘improvement on its predecessors’, Raw No.5 displays aromas of ripe stone fruit, heather honey, malted barley and oak, followed on the palate by sweet cane sugar molasses, coconut, vanilla, white pepper, cloves and Hungarian oak.
Explaining the whisky’s evolution, Öznek said: “With each iteration of Raw, we have come closer to our vision of excellence, with the flavour and complexity evolving each time. Raw No. 5 represents the closest we’ve come to achieving what we consider to be a truly revolutionary whisky, and we won’t stop short of creating the very best of the best.”
Offered at 59.7% ABV, Raw No.5 is limited to 1,351 bottles.
The new release is now available on the distillery’s website, retailing for DKK1,500 (£167/US$211/€201) for a 700ml bottle.
Last year, the Copenhagen Distillery partnered with department store Harvey Nichols in the UK to offer an aquavit cask-aged whisky.
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