Myken Arctic Single Malt - United Americans 2021
RELEASE-DATE: March 5th, 2021
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 4 years
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
# OF BOTTLES: 1100
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No colour added, no chill filtration
ARTICLE NUMBER, VINMONOPOLET: 12670702
PRICE, VINMONOPOLET: kr. 949,90 (SOLD OUT)
35 % stored in ex-bourbon casks
65 % stored in American oak
Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: 84 % Weyermann Pilsner Malt, Extra Hell and 16 % 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: 55 - 56
Average fermentation time: 110 hours
Distillation date(s): July 24th – 29th , 2015
Average distillation time, low wines: 6,5 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 3,6 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 15 minutes
Cut point, heart to tails: 60,0 % ABVBATCHES 191 - 193
Average fermentation time: 93,5 hours
Distillation date(s): July 18th -23th , 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 8,3 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 4,3 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 7 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,4 % ABV
BATCHES 197 - 199
Average fermentation time: 64,5 hours
Distillation date(s): July 26nd – 29th, 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 6,7 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 4,6 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 9 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,9 – 60,0 % ABVBATCHES 219 – 220 Peated
Average fermentation time: 63,7 hours
Distillation date(s): August 17th – 19th, 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 7,6 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 4,4 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 9 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 60,0 % ABVCASK 1: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: Aug 1st , 2015
Date for cask emptying: January 17th, 2021
200-litre ex-bourbon cask, 1st fill, cask number: 15/017 (M23)
Strength at filling: 58,8 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 62,7 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 196,1 L
Angels share (calculated) 17 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 2: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: July 23rd and 29th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 17th, 2021
40-litre Swedish oak, second fill (ex-Myken), cask number: 17/019 (M89)
Strength at filling: 62,7 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 62,7 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 92,3 L
Angels share (calculated) 17 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 3: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: July 29th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 17th, 2021
100-litre virgin American oak, medium toast, cask number: 17/020 (M90)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 62,7 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 91,4 L
Angels share (calculated) 17 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 4: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: July 29th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 18th, 2021
100-litre virgin American oak, heavy toast, cask number: 17/021 (M91)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 62,7 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 91 L
Angels share (calculated) 17 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 5 Peated:
Date for cask filling: September 15th, 2017
Date for cask emptying: January 17th, 2021
100-litre virgin American oak, heavy toast, cask number: 17/038 (M104)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 62,7 % ABV for blend of all casks
Volume at filling: 91,7 L
Angels share (calculated) 17 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
“Married” in a steel tank for 4 days before bottling.
Diluted to 47 % ABV before bottling, with desalinated sea water from the Myken municipal water plant.