Myken Arctic Single Malt – Swedish Oak 2020
RELEASE-DATE: April 15th, 2021
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 3 years
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
# OF BOTTLES: 360
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No colour added, no chill filtration
Only available in Sweden at Systembolaget
SOLD OUTAbout 8,5 – 9 ppm, matured in secondfill Swedish oak 40 litres casks, previously filled with Myken whisky
Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: 75 % Weyermann Pilsner Malt, Extra Hell and 25 % 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 / 580 - 650 L wortBATCHES: 170 - 172
Average fermentation time: 76,5 hours
Distillation date(s): May 31th – June 3rd , 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 7,2 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 4,6 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 15 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,7 % ABVBATCHES 198 – 199
Average fermentation time: 63,3 hours
Distillation date(s): July 26th -28th , 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 6,7 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 4,9 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 10 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,6 % ABV
BATCHES 205 – 207
Average fermentation time: 73,7 hours
Distillation date(s): August 2nd – 6th , 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 8,3 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 5,0 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 14 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,9 % ABVBATCHES 218 – 220 Peated
Average fermentation time: 63,4 hours
Distillation date(s): August 17th – 19th, 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 7,4 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 5,0 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 9 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 60,0 % ABVCASK 1: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: June 5th , 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 24th, 2021
40-litre Swedish oak, second fill (ex-Myken), cask number: 17/011 (M44)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 67,9 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 39,3 L
Angels share (calculated) 21 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 2: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: June 5th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 24th, 2021
40-litre Swedish oak, second fill (ex-Myken), cask number: 17/012 (M42)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 67,9 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 39,3 L
Angels share (calculated) 21 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 3:
Date for cask filling: July 29th and August 5th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 24th, 2021
40-litre Swedish oak, second fill (ex-Myken), cask number: 17/023 (M45)
Strength at filling: 64,7 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 67,9 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 39,3 L
Angels share (calculated) 21 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 4 Peat:
Date for cask filling: September 15, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 24, 2021
40-litre Swedish oak, second fill (ex-Myken), cask number: 17/041 (M43)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 67,9 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 39,2 L
Angels share (calculated) 21 % for all casks.
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 4 days before bottling.