Myken Arctic Single Malt – Two islands echoes 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 Echoes of Smoke, we have filled the Islay casks with unpeated whisky, and all the smoky flavours are echoes from the casks, which have been saturated with peat smoke over many years.

Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: Weyermann Pilsner Malt, Extra Hell
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: 300-304

Average fermentation time: 105 hours
Distillation date(s): January 1th – 25th, 2018
Average distillation time, low wines: 11,1 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 4,5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 9-21 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,7 - 60,1 % ABV

BATCHES: 354

Average fermentation time: 229 hours
Distillation date(s): March 6th - 7th, 2018
Average distillation time, low wines: 8,5 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 7 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 8 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,9 % ABV

BATCHES: 426

Average fermentation time: Unknown
Distillation date(s): July 2nd - 4th, 2018
Average distillation time, low wines: 12 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 5,5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 10 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,9 % ABV

CASK 1

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: R067

Date for cask filling: January 26th, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 62 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 65,1 % ABV

Volume at filling: 42,8 L

Volume at emptying: 28 L

Angels’ Share: 34,6 %

CASK 2

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: R068

Date for cask filling: January 26th, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 62 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 64,1 % ABV

Volume at filling: 44,6 L

Volume at emptying: 30 L

Angels’ Share: 32,7 %

CASK 3

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: R069

Date for cask filling: March 3rd, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 66,3 % ABV

Volume at filling: 44,5 L

Volume at emptying: 33 L

Angels’ Share: 25,8 %

CASK 4

40-litre ex-Islay cask 1st fill, cask number: 18/035

Date for cask filling: July 31th, 2018

Date for cask emptying: April 1st, 2023

Strength at filling: 63 % ABV

Strength at emptying: 66 % ABV

Volume at filling: 42,8 L

Volume at emptying: 31 L

Angels’ Share: 27,6 %

Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control

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