Brennivín Honey Bourbon 2024 Single Barrel Aquavit
Reykjavík, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
- ABV
- 40%
- Base spirit
- Grain (unspecified)
- Color
- Pale Gold
- Style
- Barrel-Aged Aquavit
- Maturation
- 5 years in Ex-Honey Bourbon cask
Brennivín Honey Bourbon 2024 is a limited Icelandic aquavit released as part of Brennivín’s Single Barrel Series. The bottle identifies it as “Honey Bourbon Single Barrel Aquavit” and was bottled at 40% ABV in a 700 ml format.
According to Brennivín, the release was made from Original Brennivín aged for five years in Honey Bourbon barrels. The producer introduced it in April 2024 as a “super limited edition.”
The 2024 release was limited to just 204 individually numbered bottles, with the numbering printed on the neck strip alongside the Honey Bourbon Cask designation. The spirit has a pale straw-to-golden colour, and the front label identifies it as part of Brennivín’s Single Barrel Series rather than the separate Special Cask Selection range.
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About the producer
Kveldúlfur Distillery
Reykjavík, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
Kveldúlfur Distillery is the current producer of Brennivín and operates within the Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson group. Vínbúðin identifies Kveldúlfur Distillery as the producer of the standard 40% Brennivín, while Ölgerðin is listed separately as supplier and owns the Brennivín brand.
Kveldúlfur Distillery is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ölgerðin. Ölgerðin’s financial statements list Kveldúlfur Distillery ehf. among the companies owned 100% by the group, alongside Borg Brugghús and several other beverage businesses.
The wider Ölgerðin business was founded in Reykjavík in 1913 by Tómas Tómasson and developed from a small brewery into Iceland’s largest producer of alcoholic beverages. Today the group owns a number of major Icelandic drinks brands, including Brennivín, Gull and Boli, while Kveldúlfur functions as the distilling entity associated with Brennivín production.
The relationship between Brennivín and Ölgerðin is therefore more recent than the spirit itself. Brennivín originated as a state-produced spirit in 1935; after ÁTVR ended alcohol production in 1992, production moved into private hands. The current structure places production with Kveldúlfur Distillery and brand ownership and distribution with Ölgerðin.
Ölgerðin also manages Brennivín as an international brand. Company filings state that the Brennivín word and figurative marks are registered in the European Union and the United Kingdom, while the Brennivín word mark is also registered in Canada.
