Myken Arctic Single Malt – Norsk Malt 2022

Stored in 30 litres rebuild ex-bourbon casks, 1st fill

Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt:  Norwegian malt (Salome) from Stor-Gaalaas gård, Furnes
Process water: Desalinated sea water (reverse osmosis) from Myken municipal water plant
Cooling water: Sea water pumped directly from the ocean
Batch size: 125 kg malt / 580 L wort

BATCHES: 489 - 493

Average fermentation time: 64 hours
Distillation date(s): May 6th – 13th, 2019
Average distillation time, low wines: 7 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 5,4 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 11 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,8 % ABV

Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control. All cask filled on May 13th and 14th 2019, and emptied May 25th 2022. Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV

CASK 1:

Cask number 19/029 (M209)

Strength at emptying: 65,3 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31 L

Volume at emptying: 24,6 L

Angels share 21 %

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CASK 2: Unpeated

Cask number 19/030 (M210)

Strength at emptying: 65,5 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31,4 L

Volume at emptying: 25,2 L

Angels share 20 %

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CASK 3:

Cask number 19/031 (M211)

Strength at emptying: 65,8 % ABV

Volume at filling: 30,5 L

Volume at emptying: 24,1 L

Angels share 21 %

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CASK 4:

Cask number 19/032 (M212)

Strength at emptying: 65,8 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31 L

Volume at emptying: 24,4 L

Angels share 21 %

CASK 5:

Cask number 19/033 (M213)

Strength at emptying: 66,1 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31 L

Volume at emptying: 23,7 L

Angels share 23 %

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CASK 6:

Cask number 19/034 (M214)

Strength at emptying: 66,1 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31 L

Volume at emptying: 24,7 L

Angels share 20 %

CASK 7:

Cask number 19/035 (M215)

Strength at emptying: 67,1 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31 L

Volume at emptying: 23,9 L

Angels share 23 %

CASK 8:

Cask number 19/036 (M216)

Strength at emptying: 66,4 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31,6 L

Volume at emptying: 25,3 L

Angels share 20 %

CASK 9:

Cask number 19/037 (M217)

Strength at emptying: 66,2 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31,3 L

Volume at emptying: 23,6 L

Angels share 25 %

CASK 10:

Cask number 19/038 (M218)

Strength at emptying: 67,2 % ABV

Volume at filling: 31,4 L

Volume at emptying: 23,7 L

Angels share 25 %

“Married” in a steel tank for 3 weeks before bottling.

Diluted to 47 % ABV before bottling, with desalinated sea water from the Myken municipal water plant.