Mosgaard makes excellent whisky and they dare to experiment with different types of cask, which I like.
Another thing that is interesting is that they go a step further than many in making special casks like this cask which is composed of staves from old Ruby and Tawny Port wine casks. The casks are made from the large casks cut down to 50 liter casks and the staves are mixed between the Ruby and Tawny casks.

Firstly this gives a rather distinct taste when the whisky has as this much contact with the wood as it does in these smaller casks.

The combination of the two types of port gives a good mix of the drier and the sweeter port.

I’m not sure how old it is, but I think it’s just a little over 3 years old. The nice thing about it is that it tastes a lot older.

The maturation in 50 liter casks is faster, and in round figures, a storage for 3 years in a 50 liter cask will correspond to the whisky having been approx. 12 years in a 225 liter barrel.

You get a really delicious desert whisky with this Port Wine Cask. A treat for the palate and there is a nice aftertaste that lingers for a long time.

𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: (5/6)

🅼🆈 🆁🆃🅸🅽🅶 🆂🆈🆂🆃🅴🅼

– 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧
– 𝘼 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛
– 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 – 𝙈𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚
– 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 – 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮
– 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣
– 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩

This is CES No.1 from Mosgaard Distillery.
CES is short for Cask Experiment Serie.

In this case it has been more than just mixing different casks from the distillery.

Jes Mosgaard the owner and Master blender of Mosgaard Distillery invited 4 others people to join him in this experiment. I was one of the 4.

All 5 of us got samples from 7 different casks and was challenged to make the best whisky.

At a virtual tasting last week (October 29th, 2020) we presented our whisky and at the end of the tasting all participants voted for the best whisky – this was exciting….

My whisky ended up on second place and I am happy

The winning whisky was blended by Thomas Rydberg the owner of the Danish magazine; Whisky & Rom magasinet @whiskyromdk

His whisky was blended and bottled for the marked and it is this one, The CES No.1 – Congratulations Thomas, a fantastic whisky!

A single malt mixed of 5 different casks and has a great taste and has a fine balance.

It is consisting of whisky matured in a ex-bourbon cask, a PX finish that startet in af French oak cask, a fully matured in a PX cask, a fully matured in a French oak cask and fully matured Oloroso cask. It is a young whisky. The youngest of the whiskies used i 3 years and 2 months old. The oldest is 3 years and 9 months old, so the term of this whisky would be a 3 year old. All the casks used are only 50 liter casks, which give more contact with the wood and matures faster. This means that the aging in a 50 liter cask is equivalent to a 3 years old whisky would a have a maturation similar to a 12 year old whisky that has matured in a 200-250 liter cask.

You get tast of vanilla, raisin, spices, nuts and dark chocolate.

This has been a fantastic adventure. Thank you so much Jes Mosgaard for inviting me to join the Cask Experiment.

𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: (5/6)

🅼🆈 🆁🆃🅸🅽🅶 🆂🆈🆂🆃🅴🅼

– 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧
– 𝘼 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛
– 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 – 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢
– 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 – 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮
– 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣
– 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩