Myken Arctic Single Malt – Sweet Peat 2021
RELEASE-DATE: November 3, 2021
ALCOHOL STRENGTH: 47 % ABV
AGE: 4 years
BOTTLE SIZE: 500 ml
# OF BOTTLES: 1850
PACKAGING: Bottle only
No colour added, no chill filtration
ARTICLE NUMBER, VINMONOPOLET: 13759902
PRICE, VINMONOPOLET: kr. 899,-
34,4 % unpeated whisky, matured in ex-Sauternes casks
22,8 % peated whisky, matured in ex-Sauternes casks
28,3 % peated whisky, matured in ex-bourbon casks
14,5 % peated whisky, matured in hungarian casksTotally about 23 ppm phenols
Yeast: Safspirit M-1 distiller’s yeast
Malt: 34,4 % Weyermann Pilsner Malt, Extra Hell and 65,6 % 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: 110 - 118
Average fermentation time: 61,5 hours
Distillation date(s): June 27 – July 3, 2016
Average distillation time, low wines: 7,5 hours
Average distillation time, hearts: 4,5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 5 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 61,2 % ABV (average)BATCHES 209 – 220 Peated 35 ppm
Average fermentation time: 63 hours
Distillation date(s): August 8-19, 2017
Average distillation time, low wines: 7,1 hoursAverage distillation time, hearts: 4,5 hours
Cut point, head to heart: 10 minutes (average)
Cut point, heart to tails: 59,8 % ABV (average)CASK 1: Unpeated
Date for cask filling: July 1–3, 2016 (filled in two rounds)
Date for cask emptying: September 22, 2021
220-litre ex-Sauternes, 1st-fill, cask number: 16/025 (M52)
Strength at filling: 63,5 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 64,5 % ABV
Volume at filling: 217,3 L
Angels share (calculated) 8,1 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 2: 16 % peat
Date for cask filling: August 12, 2017 (filled in two rounds)
Date for cask emptying: September 21, 2021
200-litre ex Sauternes, 1st-fill, cask number: 17/032 (M100)
Strength at filling: 62,8 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 65,3 % ABV
Volume at filling: 197,7 L
Angels share (calculated) 8,1 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 3: Peat
Date for cask filling: September 14, 2017
Date for cask emptying: September 22, 2021
200-litre ex bourbon, 1st-fill, cask number: 17/034 (M102)
Strength at filling: 70,2 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 70,3 % ABV
Volume at filling: 205,2 L
Angels share (calculated) 8,1 % 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: September 23, 2021
50-litre virgin hungarian oak, cask number: 17/039 (M105)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 66,8 % ABV
Volume at filling: 52,7 L
Angels share (calculated) 8,1 % for all casks.
Storage conditions: racked in an insulated room without temperature control
CASK 5 Peat:
Date for cask filling: September 15, 2017
Date for cask emptying: September 23, 2021
50-litre virgin hungarian oak, cask number: 17/040 (M106)
Strength at filling: 63,4 % ABV
Strength at emptying: 67,4 % ABV
Volume at filling: 52,7 L
Angels share (calculated) 8,1 % 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 16 days before bottling.