Basically, everything Stauning does, in one bottle. A bit of smoke, a bit of spice, and a lot of complexity in a versatile Nordic whisky.
An extremely versatile whisky: For the full undiluted experience, drink it neat like a scotch, add ice for a bourbon/rye feel or spice up your classic whisky-based cocktail with a Nordic chaotic twist.
The name, KAOS, is inspired by Danish history. Thorvald Stauning (1873-1943) was the first social-democratic Prime Minister of Denmark and is considered to be the founder of the modern welfare state.
For his re-election campaign in 1935, he used the now famed slogan "Stauning or Chaos" ("Stauning eller Kaos" in Danish). He won the election.
We bring you both Stauning and KAOS by blending our best rye and single malt whiskies in a curious marriage.
Stauning No-Smoke Single Malt, Stauning Malted Rye and Stauning Smoked Single Malt, made from locally harvested barley and rye, floor-malted at the distillery, matured in heavy charred Virgin American Oak barrels and 1st fill, Makers Mark-cask, ouble-distilled in small, open-fired pot stills, unfiltered and 100% handmade at the distillery using nothing but local ingredients.
Lightly smoked, spicy and sweet, a whisky with complexity and structure.
Tasting Notes:
Aroma: Cereals, chocolate, oak, caramel, cinnamon and bonfires.
Taste: Like a smoked chocolate bar with a palate of nougat, caramel, liquorice, sweet apple and oak.
Finish: A long smokey aftertaste with vanilla, orange, tobacco, dried red fruit and more oak.
"Named after a 1930s Danish political slogan, this is a combination of Stauning's unpeated malt, smoked malt, and malted rye whiskies. Give it time to open up and reveal its full beauty: coffee bean, plain chocolate chunks, a warming twist of sweet peat smoke, wood spices, apple, and fresh breakfast pastries. Green apple flavors, rocked by a pandemonium of spices, dissipate to sugary caramel, vanilla, chocolate, and malt permeated by mellow smoke." - Jonny McCormick, Whisky Advocate (91 Points)
