Eimverk Distillery

We’ve done our share of commercial distillery tours and tastings in the U.S. and if you’re looking for an intimate and personalized distillery tour and tasting, this is worth every Icelandic kroner. Our guide / distiller (forgive me as his name escapes me, but a very informed and humorous German gentleman) was great. He took the time to not only educate us about their process, but allowed us to taste the terrific selection of gins, whiskeys and more.

This was one of the best brewery/distillery tours I have been on. Niko (sorry not sure of spelling) was our tour guide/speaker. He had great stories , information about whisky and spoke great English (for those who need it). The whisky is good and the tasting consists of brennivin , gin and whisky and there are at least 10 samples (warning for anyone driving). I just really enjoyed the tour and conversation. I left happy, with lots of alcohol and information on places to visit in Iceland. We will definitely visit the distillery next trip in a year ❤️

Sheep dung smoked whiskey! Yep!! It was super cool, and the whiskies are great. The only true Icelandic whiskey distillery was informative and a wonderful visit. Dörthe was the best! She helped us with the history and understanding more about Icelandic Whiskey, Flóki. Go visit while you're in Iceland. You won't regret it!

We enjoyed our tour! the gin, as well as the whiskey was very good

This tour was one of things that we loved the most about our first trip to Iceland. We are not big drinkers, but we do like whiskey. When I googled distilleries we were delighted to find Eimverk Distillery and of course read about it on the website. Reserving was super easy and there was great communication. We LOVED the tour - mostly because of the host! He was AMAZING! We learned so much about Iceland (it is one thing to read about a country but a whole different thing to have someone share with you about it), we learned a tonne about whiskey and whiskey history, and of course Eimverk Distillery. Learning about what is different about barley, rye, the smoking process, the stills, what works and what wasn't working (birch barrels), etc. And here's a plus...we LOVE their gin! And we hate gin usually! This really is a "must-go" - even if you're not big into drinking. If you are a whiskey person...remember, this is a new distillery. You're not going to get 25 year old bottles...but what they have is really good! We took home four bottles!

Had a great tour/tasting (we were the only two there so it was a private tasting). They are really knowledgeable about their product and go into great detail about how they only use ingredients from Iceland. We took a cab from Reykjavik and it wasn't too bad, you can talk the bus but then you spend more time in the bus. If you use the taxi app you can order right from there and pickup is fast. All cabs take credit cards.

Super interesting gin, whiskey, and other things. Cool distillery (ask about modifications due to Icelandic ingredients and conditions). The tour was interesting and the tastings were plentiful.

After research we ended up booking a tour while we were in Reykjavik post COVID restrictions (June 2021). I am so glad we did, I am a big fan of trying whisky/ey from all over the world. My niece and I did the tour and were very pleased with it. There were 6 people in total, Us from Wisconsin, an older couple from Colorado, and a younger couple from New York. Our guide was amazing, had great knowledge and stories of the history of the distillery. He knew "everything" about the history of Whisky in Iceland (they were the first distillery in Iceland in 2009 ;) ). Got to take a look back stage and see the "new make" and the aroma of the new make is incredible. We got to try everything they produce. The tour even started with the host making each person a Gin and tonic to drink during his introduction. My only criticism is that they did not have a great selection of merchandise while we were there (and yes its a very petty criticism since their goal is great spirits not merchandise) but would have loved a nice hat with their logo. I will be going back again when i take another trip to Iceland. I would highly recommend you check them our while in town, you wont regret it.