Islands, Scotland
The Hearach
- Sweet
- Fruity
- Smoky
Distillery
Isle of Harris whiskies
Isle of Harris is a distillery in Tarbert, on the Isle of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, one of the most remote corners of Scotland. It opened in 2015 with a social purpose: to create stable jobs in a small, ageing community. It is well known for its gin, flavoured with seaweed from the coast, and its malt, The Hearach, came onto the market years later.
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- Origin
- Islands, Scotland
- In the catalogue
- 1 whisky
History, style and where to start
Guide to Isle of Harris
History
The project was driven by a businessman with ties to the island and the idea of a “social distillery” that would give work to local people and stem the emigration of the young. The distillery started up in 2015 in Tarbert harbour, and while its whisky matured it became famous for a seaweed gin, presented in a rippled glass bottle inspired by the sea. The wait was long, because the house wanted its first malt to have several years in cask, and The Hearach arrived in the 2020s. Its name is the Gaelic word for the people of Harris.
House style
The Hearach is a lightly peated malt, matured in bourbon and sherry casks. It has gentle smoke, ripe fruit, honey, salt and spice, with a friendly coastal character. It is bottled at 46% ABV, without chill filtration and with natural colour. The house releases the malt in batches, with small differences between them. It is a young, small-production malt that shows the potential of a new distillery in an extreme location. It is best appreciated neat or with a few drops of water.
Flavour profile of its whisky in the catalogue
Where to start
The Hearach is the catalogue’s entry and the distillery’s only regular malt. If you like its coastal, lightly smoky style, compare it with Isle of Raasay and Ardnamurchan AD/, two young distilleries in the west of Scotland, and with Talisker 10, an island classic.
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