We started to fill in the “NATO bunker” with the very first casks of Whisky and Aquavit. This year we also took part in the televison series “Chasing the Northern Lights” and got front cover on “Casks & Still Magazine”.

Benedict Skelton joined the team and quickly became our Head of R&D. We attended the Anuga Trade fair show in Germany and had our very first visits from Dave Broom and Blair Bowman.

In 2019 the “Aurora Fjord Cabins” were built behind the distillery. They opened for customers early 2020 (right before Covid). In 2019 we attended the “Imbibe Spirits Trade Fair” in London, and won the “Distillery Consumer Award”. We initiated a partnership with local farmers in order to grow Arctic Barley.

Covid came – and we changed our production to making “hand sanitizer” (for a short time). Despite Covid – we released our first Whisky, “Niflheim” in May. Bottle no. 1 fetched a whopping 80 000,- NOK at an auction in London and became the most expensive alcohol ever produced in Norway.

Our new “Viking Warehouse” was finished and we could move the casks from the bunker to its future resting place. This year we received our first whole container with casks. We had a nice coverage in “Whisky Magazine”. We installed our first brewhouse and did our very first “house brews” for future Whisky.

We started in-house charring and coopering of our used casks. We were covered in “Whisky Magazine” and attended “WTF” in Netherlands. This year we also changed the logo for our company.

We won 2 international awards at the prestigeous “World Whiskies Awards” in London. Janis and Rudolfs went to Spain to learn the coopering trade. We also developed several products for Hurtigruten.

We produced the worlds first “Arctic Brandy” from wine that was going to otherwise be thrown away. We also attended “World Championship in Skrei-fishing” in Lofoten and the “Dram Good Festival” in Edinburgh.

In 2025 we expanded both the distillery and our production capacity, allowing us to produce more whisky than ever before! We also launched severeral new whisky projects, both our own series, and interntaional collaborations. 2025 also saw the opening of our new warehouse and tasting experience in Tromsø.