THE HEARACH SINGLE MALT

Complex, elegant, and full of character, our inaugural expression is a delicious dram which unfolds in your glass, revealing itself over time, just like the island itself.

Made to our carefully refined blenders' recipe, we combine spirits which have been matured by the coastal village of Ardhasaig in selected first fill Ex-Bourbon casks, first fill Ex-Oloroso and Fino sherry butts.

We then marry these spirits in batches for a minimum of 12 weeks to bring additional harmony to the final dram.

The result is an Outer Hebridean single malt of distinction we're proud to bottle and bear our elemental island's name.

Enjoy neat, with a small drop of water, or simply any way you like it...

Pour a dram and press play to pause with The Hearach Oloroso Ceremony immersive audio...

We encourage you to explore the scents and sensory experience of The Hearach single malt from a personal point of view but to help things along, here's our Head Blender's official tasting notes...

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“ I get a gentle peat smoke on the first sip which reminds me of island home fires burning when I was growing up. It comes along with a toasted maltiness. I can also taste homemade apple sauce and smell machair flowers, particularly white clover which springs up on our west coast every summer. Mixed spices appear, and an old-fashioned sweetness from things like candied ginger, vanilla, and honeycomb. Finally, there’s a long, clotted-cream note, mixed with a lasting sense of new leather. ” 

Shona Macleod, Carragreich, Isle of Harris.

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PEAT SMOKE - APPLE SAUCE - TOASTED MALT - WILDFLOWERS - SPICE - CANDIED SWEETS - CLOTTED CREAM

We want to be as transparent about our whisky making and believe it's important for whisky drinkers to know what's in their dram.

So, in that spirit, here are the key details of The Hearach Single Malt whisky-making...

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Bottled at 46% ABV

Non-Chill Filtered + No Artificial Colourings

Distilled at the Isle of Harris Distillery, Tarbert, Isle of Harris

Married in batches of around 12,000 bottles for a minimum of 12 weeks

Matured in the village of Ardhasaig in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks, Oloroso and Fino butts

Casks include: 1st-fill Heaven Hill casks; 1st-fill Buffalo Trace casks; 1st-fill José Miguel Martín Oloroso sherry butts; 1st-fill Fino sherry butts.

100% Scottish Concerto and Laureate barleys

Lightly peated (12-15 ppm)

Lallemand DistilaMax MV yeast

Water sourced from Abhainn Cnoc a' Charrain, Tarbert, Isle of Harris.

Fermentation times of 40% Medium (70 hours) + 60% Long (120 hours)

8000L Oregon Pine washbacks

5000L Spirit still (Eva) & 7000L Wash still