THE OLD WAYS

Our Arcadian Farm Origin represents our otherworldly garden of delights where we sought out maverick farmers, inspirational growers, iconoclasts whose ethos & way of life respects the land in the pursuit of pure flavours over yield imperatives. It includes Organic, Biodynamic, Heritage & Peated whiskies.

HERITAGE BARLEY

Why not trace back through those old varieties, rediscover those long-lost flavours — perhaps even track down the granddaddy of them all, the original, ancient Irish landrace? We wanted to reacquaint ourselves with the flavours our forefathers experienced – and perhaps we might learn something in the process.

IRELAND’S ONE AND ONLY BIODYNAMIC WHISKY

“There’s a lot of complexity. It’s almost like the attributes are speaking much louder. So a conventional farm on the very same soil, on the range of zero to fifteen on our sensory analysis scale, might have a score of seven for floral notes, maybe organic will fetch a nine, but the biodynamic would get an eleven.”

– Angelita Hynes, Terroir Specialist

ORGANIC

Organics is often defined by what it isn’t: no artificial sprays. But what it is is a way for the soil to recharge its own nutrients. Roots, without a shallow chemical diet burrow deeper, take in a more complex diet. Worms return to the soil, breaking it up, allowing roots deeper still. What does this mean? More complexity in the plant itself; the route, ultimately, to more complex whisky.