Experience the making of Thornæs Whisky
Our Whisky Experience Tour offers the opportunity to delve further into the creation of Thornæs Whisky. We start in the distillery, where we talk about the entire proces of whisky making from mashing to distillation and taste the clear spirit called New Make, which is the starting point of the maturation.
Afterwards we go to our cask warehouse, where we talk about the background for maturing spirits in wooden casks, and point out which casks are maturing in the warehouse at the moment. Along the way, we will taste a further four different whiskies, at least one of which will be bottled as a cask sample on the spot.
The trip takes approx. 2½ times.
- Distillery Tour with introduction to all processes from mashing to distillation
- ·A visit to our whisky cask warehouse where we dive into the many influences the casks have on the maturing whisky
- ·A taste of our New Make, which is the clear spirit used for whisky maturation
- ·Four types of Thornæs Whisky, one of which will be sampled from a cask on the day
Tours will be conducted partly og entirely in english depending on international attendance.
Part of the tasting will take in our cask warehouse that is unheated. We recommend you bring appropriate outerwear if necessary. During the winter season, the tasting may be moved to the distillery's tasting room.
Please notice, we do not serve alcohol to guests under 18 years.
Whiskey in the Heart of North Zealand
At Thornæs Distilleri we produce Danish Single Malt Whisky using double distillation in small batches. We are a Craft Distillery, which means that we manufacture all our products by hand and continuously adapt raw materials and processes to achieve the best possible result.
The distillery is established in an old horse stable on the farm Falkendal, located in North Zealand close to Gribskov and Solbjerg Engsø. On the farm, organic malt barley is produced according to varieties carefully selected by the distillery and therefore particularly suitable for the production of organic Danish Single Malt Whisky.
At the distillery we also produce a gin called Mad Owl Gin, which is named after the owl that lived in the attic of the distillery at the time we moved in in 2019. Today it's moved out - probably because of all the spectacle we go and do.
In addition to the distillery itself, both a farm shop and a tasting room have been established, where guests can sample the distillery's products and buy some with them. Through a large window, you can follow our work in distilling whisky and gin from the shop.