Myken Arctic Single Malt – Two islands chorus of smoke 2023

In our twin Two Islands releases, we combine the flavours from two different whisky islands, as our Myken Arctic single malt Whisky is matured in oak barrels from the Scottish whisky island Islay. In Chorus of Smoke, we have filled the Islay casks that have been saturated with peat smoke for many years, with our peated whisky, to get a chorus of different smoky flavours.

Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: Castle Malting, «Whisky malt», with about 35 ppm fenoler
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: 287

Average fermentation time: 302 hours
Distillation date(s): January 3rd – 4th, 2018
Average distillation time, low wines: 10 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 10 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,7 % ABV

BATCHES: R204

Average fermentation time: 62 hours
Distillation date(s): March 6th - 9th, 2018
Average distillation time, low wines: 13 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 12 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,9 % ABV

CASK 1

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: RR022

Date for cask filling: January 26th, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 62,4 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 65,8 % ABV

Volume at filling: 42,9 L

Volume at emptying: 32 L

Angels’ Share: 25,5 %

CASK 2

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: 18/033

Date for cask filling: July 31th, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 63,2 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 65,8 % ABV

Volume at filling: 41,8 L

Volume at emptying: 30 L

Angels’ Share: 28,3 %

Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control.

“Married” in a tank for 1 week, and diluted to 47 % ABV before bottling, with desalinated sea water from the Myken municipal water plant.