Myken Arctic Single Malt – Norsk Malt 2022
RELEASE-DATE: September 7th, 2022
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 3 years
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
# OF BOTTLES: 678
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No colour added, no chill filtration
ARTICLE NUMBER, VINMONOPOLET: 14720602
PRICE, VINMONOPOLET: kr. 999
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 wortBATCHES: 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 % ABVStorage 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 %
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 %
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 %
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 %
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.