Lihnells Distillery AB

About the distillery

Lihnells Distillery is located in Örebro and is a Swedish distillery with whisky as a clear main category alongside gin, rum, and snaps. The venue is also open to visitors with guided tours, tastings, and on-site farm shop sales, and Thursday AW with pizza and drinks offers a more informal meeting with the house. The combination of the family name, modern production, and a wide range makes the distillery interesting for whisky lovers who want to follow a Swedish workshop closely.

History

Previous name

The distillery is referred to as the former Bergslagens Destilleri and is run today under the name Lihnells Distillery.

Family-run management

Mats Lihnell is listed as CEO, owner & founder, while Carl Lihnell is master distiller. Several other family members are also involved in the day-to-day operations in the contact information.

Raw materials and production

Lihnells describes its work as a combination of tradition and innovation, and production is presented as craftsmanship with carefully selected ingredients and uncompromising attention to detail. No technical information is provided about malting, mashing, fermentation, the distillation apparatus, or the water source in the available material, but the message is clear: the whisky and the other spirits are built on a deliberate choice of raw materials and strict quality control. At the same time, the distillery emphasizes creating different expressions within the same house—from matured distillates to more elegant and balanced flavor profiles.

Maturation and cask types

The most concrete information about maturation is the use of champagne casks in Vintage Champagne Cask and Vintage Peated Champagne Cask, where the champagne as a former contents is part of the cask profile. There is also a clear sherry reference in The Last Sherry Darling, pointing to a different type of maturation or cask influence. Overall, the range shows that the house works with multiple different maturation expressions, including both smoky and non-smoky whiskies, but the material does not go into depth on storage conditions or longer experimental descriptions.

Whiskies

The whisky selection ranges from individual names such as The Last Sherry Darling, Svartån Peated Whisky, Littlechurch Triple, and Hemfjärden to series like Vintage and Santa, as well as Lihnell´s Swedish Blended Whisky. In addition, there are previous and archived releases, showing a producer with both ongoing new releases and a larger back-catalog structure. The profile appears broader than a single style direction: some whiskies are marked as peated, others are associated with champagne casks, and the blended whisky sits as a more unified Swedish expression in the range.

The whiskies’ style and flavor profile

The portfolio points to at least three clear directions: smoke in the peated releases, sherry character in The Last Sherry Darling, and champagne casks as a distinct maturation profile in the Vintage series. At the same time, the range includes a blended whisky, underscoring that the house does not only work within one narrow style. This gives a picture of a distillery that, under the same name, seeks smoke, cask character, and more rounded combinations.

Visiting the distillery

Lihnells can be visited, and guests can experience guided tours, tastings, gift cards, and on-site farm shop sales. Thursday AW at the distillery runs between 17:00 and 20:00 with freshly baked pizza and great drinks. Visits and events are pre-booked, but no table reservations are accepted for the regular visiting situation; instead, it’s first come, first served. Contact information for event inquiries is also provided, along with an easy bus connection to Hjälmarsberg.

The stated opening hours are that Thursday AW at the distillery takes place between 17:00 and 20:00. Visits and tours are pre-booked, and no table reservations are accepted; instead, you arrive according to the first come, first served principle.

Philosophy and craftsmanship

The house’s stated approach is to combine tradition with innovation and work with carefully selected ingredients. The focus is on details, and the goal is a unique tasting experience in every bottle. At the same time, the range is described as both craft-driven and supported by modern expertise, which fits a distillery that wants to stand firmly in Swedish premium quality.