The Hearach is the first, historic single maly from The Isle of Harris, a small outer Hebridean Island sat proudly off the far north-western edge of Scotland.
The word Hearach means a native of Harris in Scots Gaelic. It is the first legal dram from the Isle of Harris, as they revive the traditions of distilling lost when the illicit whisky-makers of nearby Pabbay were cleared from their homes in 1846.
It is made from a combination of whisky spirit drawn from American oak first-fill ex-bourbon barrels and European oak ex-oloroso and ex-fino butts.
All spirits in the recipe have been cask-matured across the ever-changing seasons in the coastal village of Ardhasaig, before being married to bring additional harmony prior to bottling on the Island.
The Hearach is released in batches of around 13,000 bottles, each vatting of casks being married in oak following maturation.
