Kyrö Gin, 50cl

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Miika explains, “It’s a very usual experience here in Finland – the moment when you step out of the sauna in the summer, early in the morning and there’s dew on the grass. The smell and sensations of nature you would get in that moment are what we wanted to put into the gin.” a b c d Cheang, Michael (26 September 2017). "Story of Finland's Napue Gin began with five guys in a sauna". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017 . Retrieved 6 November 2017. The five founders of Kyrö Distillery Company – Miika Lipiainen, Mikko Koskinen, Kalle Valkonen, Miko Heinila, and Jouni Ritola – were drinking American rye whiskey together in the sauna, when someone raised this question: Why hadn't anyone made rye whiskey in Finland? After all, rye is Finland's No. 1 crop and it is a staple food for the Finns. Täytä lasi jäillä, mittaa lasiin gin ja kaada päälle tonic-vesi. Viimeistele juoma rosmariininoksalla ja karpaloilla. Nauti! The most important? “We founded everything on honest enthusiasm,” Miika says. “We want to display a very honest way of enjoying what we do and how we do it, and enjoying our product in the end.”

Not going to lie – I’ve never heard of today’s gin. After a bit of research, it turns out Napue Gin is a small batch gin from the Finnish Kyro Distillery Company using rye grain as the base spirit. This gin won the inaugural IWSC Gin & Tonic trophy, so fingers crossed it’s good! (Side note: I was telling boy about this gin and pronouncing it in a variety of ways, then it appeared on Sunday Brunch and is apparently pronounced “Nap-we”. So there we go.) Besides the collaborative products, Kyrö makes Pink Gin. The gin gets its flavours from strawberries, lingonberries, and rhubarb and it stands for equality. [31] Hand Sanitizer [ edit ]Napue gin tonic maistuu, vaikka parhaat terassikelit antavat vielä odottaa itseään NAPUE GIN & TONIC

Demand exploded, and the last two years have been a game of constant catch-up – only now, the year that their first whiskey comes out of the barrel, are they staffed enough that everyone can take a deep breath. Kyrö has also done collaborative products with other distilleries. Teeling Distillery aged their Irish whiskey in Kyrö's gin casks (which they use for Kyrö Dark gin) while Kyrö aged some of their gin in Teeling's whiskey casks. Together with the Japanese Kyoto Distillery, Kyrö produced a botanical exchange that celebrated the 100th year of Finnish‐Japanese diplomatic relations. Both distilleries used botanicals from the other to make a special batch of gin. [30] Kyrö Distillery Company". Werklig. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017 . Retrieved 6 November 2017.

Napue Gin won world’s best gin for Gin and Tonic

As Miika explains, “Five founders is a lot, so we sat down and thought about the values we wanted to further in the company and in our lives. Did we want to change the world in similar ways? We really did – we saw the world in the same way, and our goals were the same.”

Kalle, a keen home-brewer who had spent his working life developing biofuels out of algae in a university research lab, was a natural choice for Head Distiller. Miika, with his passion for rye whiskey, became the CEO of Kyrö Distillery Company.To fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyrö began producing hand sanitizers in March 2020. First, their product was used by institutions critical to society (i.e. hospitals). Later on, they began selling hand sanitizer to consumers. However, the company doesn't turn a profit on this, instead selling it for a reasonable price. Because of the hand sanitizer production and sales, the company managed to avoid layoffs. [6] Awards [ edit ] And what a botanical blend it is! In this gin, named after a tiny town where a terrible battle took place between Russia and Sweden in their long and protracted struggle for control of Finland (the typeface is even an exact replica of type that appears on the local war memorial) Napue Gin pays tribute to Finland by using locally-foraged botanicals in a Finnish rye base.