Smögen Whisky distillery
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July 12, 2025
in Excursions, Friends

Smögen Whisky distillery

A couple, Pär Caldenby and wife, are living in the same neighbourhood Landala Egnahem as us and are the lucky owners of the prestigious and award-winning Swedish whisky distillery called ‘Smögen’ – read more here: https://smogenwhisky.se and https://www.whisky.nu/smogen-whisky/. As we often meet them on our dog walks, they recently informed us that they would open the distillery for guided tours and tasting of their whiskies. Both Erik and I are rather enthusiastic about whisky and immediately decided that we would meet up for their very first guided tour on the 9th of July. By chance, one of our friends and a fellow geologist, Thomas Eliasson lives only 6 km from the distillery. Thus, we could combine our whisky tour with a coffee visit at the beautiful Eliasson estate. What was even more beneficial for our dogs was Thomas babysitting them, while we went on the whisky tour. It was way too warm to have them in the car that day. Upon our return to the Eliasson house, Thomas suggested going on a dog walk along Stensjö. Oh my gosh, this was Swedish nature exactly as you imagine it from tourist brochures, so extremely beautiful. Thanks to Thomas and the family Caldenby for this lovely day, presenting the best of Sweden!

Photo: Gabrielle. Erik looking quite happy at the start of the guided whisky tour.
Photo: Erik Sturkell. Pär Caldenby explaining the different processes leading to the final tapping whisky into oak casks.
Photo: Erik Sturkell. Gabrielle looking quite happy, too 🙂
Photo: Erik Sturkell. Great photo of Pär presenting the different Smögen whiskies with his gold medal diploma for best Nordic whisky up to 12 years in the foreground. This was also the occasion for tasting and buying whisky. We bought their Smögen gold medal winner, taste really good!
Photo: Gabrielle. One of the Smögen oak casks for storing whisky.
Photo: Gabrielle. Thomas Eliasson and Erik with Deli and Jörfi at Stensjö.
Photo: Gabrielle. Beautiful Swedish landscape.
Photo: Thomas Eliasson. I tested the water temperature as several people nearby were bathing.
Photo: Gabrielle. Beautiful Stensjö.