Myken Arctic Single Malt – Hellstrøm à la Hellstrøm
RELEASE DATE: March 6th, 2024
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 5,5 yrs
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
NO. OF BOTTLES: 1812
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No added colour, no chill filtration
ARTILE NUMBER: 16945702
PRICE: NOK 959,90
In 2023, our chairman of the board , Jan Hellstrøm, sat down with his brother Eyvind, and the two of them tasted their way through several casks of peated Myken whisky.
They then selected and blended their way to their personal favoutite, which became this whisky release, which is between 5,5 and 7,5 years old. The mix consists of two “young” and one “old” ex-bourbon casks of 200 L each, all filled with peated spirit (35 ppm phebols in the malt). In addition, some whisky from an unpeated ex-Pineau des Charentes was added to round it all off with some extra sweetness.
Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: Weyermann Pilsner Malt, Extra Hell, and Castle Maltings Chateau Whisky Peated Malt (35
ppm)
Process water: de-salinated sea water (reverse osmosis) from the Vestfjord
Batch size :125 kg malt / 580 L wort
BATCH 110 (unpeated)
Fermentation time: 62 hrs
Distilling date: June 22, 2016
Distillation time, low wines: 7 hrs 35 min
Distillation time, heart: 4 hrs 17 min
Cut, head to heart: 4 minutes
Cut, heart to tail: 62,4 % ABV
BATCHES 147/154/222/225 (peated)
Fermentation time: average 61 hrs
Distilling dates: Sep. 8. and Dec. 5. 2016, Aug. 28. and 31. 2018
Distillation time, low wines: average 7 hrs 40 min
Distillation time, heart: average 5 hrs 21 min
Cut, head to heart: 9-10 minutes
Cut, heart to tail: 58,8-60,1 % ABV
CASK 1:
350-L ex-Pineau des Charentes oak cask (1st fill): 16/024
Date of filling: July 1, 2016
Date of emptying: Jan. 15, 2024
Fill strength: 63,5 % ABV
Final strength: 64,6 % ABV
Fill volume: 347,3 L
Final volume: 100 L (for this release)
Angels’ share: unknown
CASK 2:
200-L ex-bourbon oak cask (1 st fill): 16/044
Date of filling: Oct. 13 to Dec. 6, 2016
Date of emptying: Jan. 15, 2024
Fill strength: 63,3-64 % ABV
Final strength: 64,5 % ABV
Fill volume: 205 L
Final volume: 166,3 L
Angels’ share: 18,9 %
CASK 3:
200-L ex-bourbon oak cask (1 st fill): 18/041
Date of filling: Aug. 29, 2018
Date of emptying: Jan. 15, 2024
Fill strength: 63,5 % ABV
Final strength: 66,4 % ABV
Fill volume: 200,5 L
Final volume: 171,8 L
Angels’ share: 14,3 %
CASK 4:
200-L ex-bourbon oak cask (1 st fill): 18/042
Date of filling: Sep, 3, 2018
Date of emptying: Jan. 15, 2024
Fill strength: 63,5 % ABV
Final strength: 66,7 % ABV
Fill volume: 198,7 L
Final volume: 153,8 L
Angels’ share: 22,6 %
Storage conditions: The casks have been stored in our un-insulated «Myken Whisky Catedral», with no temperature control..
Watered down to 47 % ABV before bottling, with de-salinated sea water from Myken.