Hernö Artisan Ten Cask Aged Gin: Birch Cask Anniversary Edition — Only 1,921 Numbered Bottles from Sweden's Most Awarded Distillery

Item: Hernö Artisan Ten Cask Aged Gin: Birch Cask Anniversary Edition — Only 1,921 Numbered Bottles from Sweden's Most Awarded Distillery
Rating: 9
Author: Edward Forwood

Edward Forwood January 24, 2026 40 views

9 /10

EDITOR

Distillery: Hernö Gin Distillery
Type: Barrel-Aged
ABV: 45.7% ABV
Price: £135.50
Botanicals: juniper, lingonberry, meadowsweet, coriander, lemon peel, cassia, vanilla, black pepper

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Vigorous juniper — woody birch notes, the meadowsweet florals emerging, the ten years of expertise concentrated into each numbered bottle

Palate

Juniper and birch wood — the cask adding distinctive Scandinavian woody character, thick floral sweetness from birch and meadowsweet, the IWSC World's Best Dry base elevated by the birch maturation, at 45.7% with real authority

Finish

Birch and meadowsweet — woody and floral in conversation, vigorous juniper returning, the Dala farm's decade celebrated in every sip of this ultra-limited edition

First Impressions

Hernö Artisan Ten celebrates the distillery's 10th anniversary — matured in birch casks, an homage to the Dala region where Jon Hillgren built Sweden's first dedicated gin distillery. Only 1,921 individually numbered bottles produced. Birch — the tree of the Nordic forests — provides cask character unlike any oak barrel.

Tasting

Hernö base aged in birch casks. Vigorous juniper nose with birch woody notes. Juniper and birch palate with meadowsweet florals at 45.7%. Birch and meadowsweet finish.

The Bottom Line

Hernö Artisan Ten earns a 9 — birch cask ageing from the world's most awarded gin distillery's anniversary edition. 1,921 bottles numbered individually. At £136, a collector's gin from a legendary distillery.