If you want to know what makes a whiskey a bourbon, you can look it up . Scotch? Look it up . Canadian? Look that up .
What about Icelandic whisky? Well, if you’re Egill and Hali Thorkelsson, two brothers from Iceland, you have to make it up . Being the first producer of whisky in Iceland gives them the crare opportunity to define a whole new category of national whisky. Founded in 2009, the Eimverk Distillery has set out to do just that.
Being first offers many advantages, but it also brings with it some specific challenges. Iceland has...
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