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Thy Whisky

An organic whisky distillery on the Gyrup family farm in Thy, north-west Jutland, making single malt from grain grown in its own fields.

Founded by
Nicolaj Nicolajsen
Based in
Gyrup, Thy

Visit thy-whisky.dk

A bottle of Bøg single malt on a cask head, beside its box and a glass
A bottle of Bøg single malt on a cask head, beside its box and a glass

Pictures © Thy Whisky, from thy-whisky.dk.

Why it is renowned

Its four-year-old beech-smoked single malt, Bøg, was named European Whisky of the Year in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2020, ten years after the distillery filled its first cask.12

The story

In 2009 the farmer Nicolaj Nicolajsen set out to turn the organic grain of the family farm into whisky.2 The whole of it happens at Gyrup: the grain is grown in the farm's fields, malted in a drum maltings the distillery built itself, mashed and distilled only once, and the malt is smoked over Danish beech.1 Old Danish grain varieties go in beside modern ones.1 The whisky warehouse is in the farm's former horse stables.2

Works

What to know it by

  • Bøg1Beech-smoked single malt; European Whisky of the Year in the Whisky Bible 2020
Sources
  1. Thy Whisky Distillery (archive copy of 2026-09-17). thy-whisky.dk, read 29 September 2026.
  2. 9 Danish whiskies you ought to try, VisitDenmark. visitdenmark.com, read 29 September 2026.

Last checked 30 September 2026, against the maker's own pages.