The inaugural single malt Scotch whisky from Isle of Harris distiller and the first legal whisky from the Island. The Hearach is a historic whisky inspired by their home on the small outer-Hebridean island. Created using soft Hebridean waters from the Abhainn Cnoc a ’Charrain, which runs over the oldest rocks on earth, and 100% Scottish Concerto barley that was lightly peated at 12-15ppm using peat cut by hand at ‘Cleite Mhòr’, an area of South Harris where peat has been harvested for generations. It has been matured for a minimum of five years, in a combination of first-fill ex-bourbon casks, Oloroso and Fino sherry butts. It is lightly peated at 12-15ppm, bottled at 46% abv, free from chill filtration and at natural colour.
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Every batch of The Hearach is made to the same recipe. However, there are subtle, natural variations between each batch, reflecting the casks chosen and the length of time the vatting is ‘married’.
The whisky is released with a special combination of letters and numbers on every stopper seal. This strip code provides information about the dram in the bottle being purchased or considered for purchase.
The code may indicate a specifically married batch, a batch from a single cask, a batch from a certain type of maturation, or another unique factor in its release.
An accompanying ‘batch sheet’ can be downloaded, corresponding to the bottle, to learn about the whisky’s production process, read tasting notes from a local islander, and enjoy a short story from Harris written at the time of bottling.
