THE HEARACH SINGLE MALT

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

From the beginning of our Harris whisky-making story, we set out to capture the very best of our island home in our first historic release.

This is why every drop of The Hearach single malt whisky is distilled, matured, blended, married, and bottled here in the Isle of Harris and nowhere else.

Our distillers and blenders are all drawn from the local community too and have been trained from scratch in the craft and science of spirit-making.

The results of this weaving together of people and place can be found in every bottle of The Hearach Single Malt.

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

Bottled at 46% ABV

Non-chill filtered and no artificial colourings

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 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

Matured and married in Ardhasaig, Isle of Harris.