At 5pm on 1 June 2012, whisky fanatics Lasse Øznek and Henrik Brinks had what could best be described as a bit of a moment. The pair were touring the Scotch whisky distilleries of Islay and had been poured one final cask sample during a warehouse tasting at Bruichladdich.
How Scotch has influenced Nordic whisky – but only up to a point
Nordic distillers are open about how they took their inspiration from across the North Sea but their whiskies are very much their own.