KINGSBARNS « Coaltown » 2024 VS MACKMYRA « Svensk Rök » 2014 | 2 Peated Single Malts

Hi everyone, I was about to do this video about this sample of the new core range KINGSBARNS « COALTOWN » (a Lowlands Single-Malt Scotch Whisky) that the owning company & indie bottler WEMYSS Malts provided me (as a collaboration, but I explained them how I work, with no pressure & freedom of speech, as usual, this for full transparency…) before the heatwave that made me slow down if not stop reviews. However, meanwhile, I learned about famous Swedish Single Malt Whisky producer MACKMYRA going currently in bankrupcy & it was a shock, as it is the first Swedish distillery I heard of & been trying since 2007 (I tasted so far 35 expressions including unreleased single casks). I have 3 bottles from MACKMYRA, but had to find a way to combine the 2 topics, and therefore, I did thought of a head to head tasting between 2 smoky releases from both distilleries, KINGSBARNS & MACKMYRA., both not being traditionally 100 % peated. I will also, speak about the other Swedish distilleries whiskies I came across. You will find all links about bottles details & videos or written topics in which I tried whiskies from those 2 distilleries below after the Time stamps :

VIDEO CHAPTERS (Time Stamps/Note that I did nose the 3 whiskies first, prior to the tastings) :
0:00 Intro & News
2:40 Today’s topic
6:08 A brief tasting of the KINGSBARNS « Dream to Dram », 46 % unpeated, already reviewed (Presentation)
8:20 KINGSBARNS « Dream to Dram », 46 % (Nosing)
8:58 KINGSBARNS “Coaltown”, 2024, « ex-Peated Cask », 46 % (Quick first nosing comparison)
9:42 MACKMYRA « Svensk Rök », 46,1 % (Quick first nosing comparison)
9:55 KINGSBARNS « Dream to Dram », 46 % (Tasting, neat)
11:18 KINGSBARNS “Coaltown”, 2024, « ex-Peated Cask », 46 % (Presentation)
15:58 KINGSBARNS “Coaltown”, 2024, « ex-Peated Cask », 46 % (Second Nosing)
17:42 KINGSBARNS “Coaltown”, 2024, « ex-Peated Cask », 46 % (Tasting, neat & then diluted)
25:07 MACKMYRA « Svensk Rök », Svensk Whisky (Single Malt), 1st release, 2014, 70 % smoked malt, 30 % unsmoked malt, 46,1 % (Presentation)
29:48 MACKMYRA « Svensk Rök », 46,1 % (Second Nosing)
30:33 MACKMYRA « Svensk Rök », 46,1 % (Tasting, slightly diluted)
33:26 My Experience with MACKMYRA & my take on their bankrupcy...
39:36 A brief Overview about the Swedish whisky scene (& bottles in my collection)

Erratum : While presenting the KINGSBARNS « Coaltown », I got confused between the notions of « peated cask » & « peated malt » : In the case of this whisky, they used peated casks, so didn’t peat the malt that still comes from them, so no need to speculate about other malting companies, but rather about the distilleries where the peated casks could come from. Sorry about this mistake.

BOTTLINGS DETAILS :
-KINGSBARNS (OB/old core range) «DREAM TO DRAM» (3,5 yo), 2019, 90 % First Fill Bourbon casks, 10 % recharred STR casks, ncf/nc, 46 % (Lowlands Single-Malt Scotch Whisky)
-KINGSBARNS (OB/new core range) « COALTOWN » (3 yo+), 2024, Bourbon casks, ncf/nc, 46 % (RRP: £ 46)
-MACKMYRA « SVENSK ROK », SVENSK WHISKY (Swedish Single Malt Whisky), 1st release, 70 % smoked malt, 30 % unsmoked malt, 50 cl, 46,1 % (720 bottles for France)

Link to my previous video about 2 #KINGSBARNS expressions :
   • KINGSBARNS : Dream to Dram  | Balcomi...  
Link to my previous tastings about 4 KINGSBARNS expressions & 5 other #WEMYSSMalts whiskies (you have to scroll a bit, and it is divided into 3 posts) :
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Link to my old topic about MACKMYRA in my website :
http://www.gregswhiskyguide.com/compo...

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