Kyrö, from Finland with warmth

It is said that the best ideas come in the most unexpected moments and places, and the five guys from Kyrö know something: to them, the idea of ​​setting up an artisanal rye whisky and gin distillery came while they were taking a sauna.

Why rye? Because Finland is literally full of them - and as Mikko, the co-founder says, in Finland apart from birches, lakes, Helsinki and precisely rye there is not much else. Since the idea of ​​opening a distillery still seemed good the morning after the sauna, the search for a suitable location began. After the first unsuccessful attempts, in 2012 a closed old dairy was found in the quiet village of Isokyrö. The closest pot still was hundreds of kilometers away and was kindly loaned out for the first time.

The distillery started smoking in 2014, and hasn't stopped since. While the first batch of whisky rested in the barrels, gin production began, and both immediately began winning awards and accolades around the world, expanding their market beyond national borders.