Myken Arctic Single Malt – Peated Sherry 2019
RELEASE-DATE: November 1, 2019
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 3 years
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
# OF BOTTLES: 550
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No colour added, no chill filtration
ARTICLE NUMBER, VINMONOPOLET: 11378502
PRICE, VINMONOPOLET: kr. 899,- (SOLD OUT)
Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: Castle Maltings, «Whisky Malt”, 35 ppm phenols
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 / 680 L wort
BATCHES: 139 - 145
Average fermentation time: 96 hours
Distilling dates: August 3 – August 11, 2016
Average distillation time, low wines: 6,8 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 4,9 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 3-10 minutes (average: 8 minutes)
Cut point, heart to tails: 58,0-58,4 % ABVCASK 1:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 047/16 (M66)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,5 % ABV
Volume emptied: 32,8 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 2:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 048/16 (M67)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,5 % ABV
Volume emptied: 17,9 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 3:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 049/16 (M68)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,3 % ABV
Volume emptied: 32,2 LStorage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 4:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 050/16 (M69)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,3 % ABV
Volume emptied: 22,6 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 5:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 051/16 (M70)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,3 % ABV
Volume emptied: 31,6 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 6:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 052/16 (M71)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 64,0 % ABV
Volume emptied: 34,4 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
CASK 7:
Date of cask filling: August 11, 2016
Date of cask emptying: August 24, 2019
40-litre ex-Sherry cask (“seasoned” – Oloroso), 1st-fill, cask number: 053/16 (M110)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 63,5 % ABV
Volume emptied: 33,8 L
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.
Diluted to 47 % ABV before bottling, with desalinated sea water from the Myken municipal water plant.
“Married” in a steel tank for about 3 weeks before bottling.