The nose is full of sweet pipe tobacco smoke, raisins, oat biscuit, citrus, oak. On the palate there is notes of tobacco, vanilla, barley, dried fruit, cinnamon, brown sugar, molasses, shortbread and oak. The finish is long and sweet, lightly smoky, salty, brown sugar, pepper.

The wind from the North Sea mixes blood with the desert of Mexico in this double-distilled rye whisky aged in old mezcal casks. An illegal love affair with a gentle and exotic aftertaste.

Stauning Bastard a rye whisky made purely of local ingredients, malted on the floor at Stauning distillery and double-distilled in flame-heated pot stills. After at least three years in new, toasted virgin American oak casks, it has been rounded off with at least 6-months ageing in old mezcal casks from Mexican Oro de Oaxaca.

The result is an elegant love child whose equal you won't find anywhere else in this world.

Bastard is the second release from our Research Series: Stauning's playground, where we free ourselves from traditions and make room for experiments and innovation.

This whisky was created from our rye whisky that has matured additionally on Mezcal casks from Mexican producer, Oro de Oaxaca. Mezcal is a traditional Mexican liquor made by distilling the heart of the agave.

Made from rye & barley harvested in Stauning. Matured a minimum of 3 years in Virgin American Oak & then 6 months in Mezcal casks. Double-distilled in small, open-fired pot stills, Unfiltered and not chill-filtered - some residue may appear. 100% handmade at the distillery using nothing but local ingredients.