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Distilling Now : Ed Harpur

Organic Single Farm Origin Killone

Edition 1.1

Key Facts

HARVESTED12 AUGUST 2017
DISTILLEDWEEK 12, 2018
Maturation1989 DAYS OR 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS 1 DAYS
ABV50%
No. of Bottles600
For Market Growers Gathering Exclusive Bottling
BottledMay 2023

Killone, Stradbally Co. Laois

Our maverick growers – whose inspirational ethos & way of life respects the land & the old ways – pursue flavour over any yield imperative. In our quest to unearth whisky’s most natural flavours, the journey takes us to a more precise destination: the Single Farm Origin of Killone Farm, Co. Laois, where the fertile Elton Series loam soils are tended organically by the Booth family: a uniquely Arcadian terroir nourishing organic Irish single malt whisky.

The Sound of Organic Farm: Killone

This track starts out at the entrance to the yard. It’s an Autumn day, with the trees just starting to drop their leaves and birds busy all around, seeming to enjoy the fresh breeze. The nearby motorway hums away in the background. We move through the yard, past an old dwelling that nature has reclaimed, and out to the edge of the fields. We stop here for a while before the sky darkens. A shower passes through, so we take shelter under one of the sheds in the yard. As the rain eases off the birds are back in song. The last of the rainwater drains off through an old metal pipe.

BARLEY TIMELINES

SOWN10 April 2017
HARVESTED28 August 2017
Arrived at Cathedral30 August 2017
Went to Maltings28 February 2018
Arrived at Distillery5 March 2018
Fermentation Started13 March 2018
Distillation Started19 March 2018
Distillation Finished27 March 2018
Filled at Warehouse3 April 2018
Marriage of Casks2 November 2022
Sent for Bottling16 May 2023

The Distillers

James EllicksonIan O'BrienPadraic PowerCian Dirrane

TERROIR

FIELDS
SOIL

CREDIT: TEAGASC.

series Elton ASSOCIATION
type LUVISOL
pdf Elton Association
description Fine loamy drift, Elton Association soils (Elton, Faoildroim, Musicfield, Mullabane, Straffan, Rathowen, Coolnaha, Cullahill, Ballinamore and Castlemoyle).
elevation 360 - 400 Feet
sunlight Average 6-6.5 Hours

Growers

Grower
Farm
County
Type
Pat & Dennis Booth
Killone
Laois
Organic

BARLEY, YEAST & WATER

VARIETYPlanet
YeastMauri Distiller's Yeast
Production WaterVolcanic Aquifier
Fermentation141 Hours

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Peach tinted Gold with oils that cling on and don’t let go.

Nose: Fresh hay and newly-malted barley. A reddish tint of fruit – red apple skins and rhubarb. The caramelised sugars on top of a crumble. Some salty dough and minerality. Petrichor. Some vivid green padrón pepper freshness.

Taste: Vibrant and precise, offset by a plump sweetness. Red fruits – cranberries. Victoria plums and nectarines in syrup. A fruity honey and dark chilli chocolate.

Finish: The malty, savoury barley tones return, inviting another sip.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
6710
PREMIUM FRENCH
219.77
CHATEAU LATOUR
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
6711
PREMIUM FRENCH
219.52
CHATEAU LATOUR
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
10053
PREMIUM FRENCH
220.36
CHATEAU LEOVILLE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
10135
PREMIUM FRENCH
222.32
CHATEAU LEOVILLE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
10321
PREMIUM FRENCH
225.61
CHATEAU LEOVILLE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14637
VIN DOUX NATUREL
219.15
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14639
VIN DOUX NATUREL
220.17
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14640
VIN DOUX NATUREL
222.56
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14641
VIN DOUX NATUREL
226.33
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14642
VIN DOUX NATUREL
219.89
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14643
VIN DOUX NATUREL
221.16
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
14644
VIN DOUX NATUREL
217.97
PORT
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15380
U.S. VIRGIN
204.78
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15381
U.S. VIRGIN
199.04
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15382
U.S. VIRGIN
204.71
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
KILLONE, LAOIS
15383
U.S. VIRGIN
202.22
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15384
U.S. VIRGIN
200.73
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15385
U.S. VIRGIN
204.7
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15775
U.S. FIRST FILL
197.72
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15776
U.S. FIRST FILL
199.93
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15777
U.S. FIRST FILL
199.06
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15778
U.S. FIRST FILL
200.17
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15779
U.S. FIRST FILL
198.84
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15780
U.S. FIRST FILL
198.14
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15805
U.S. FIRST FILL
198.83
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15806
U.S. FIRST FILL
195.2
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15807
U.S. FIRST FILL
204.18
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15808
U.S. FIRST FILL
197.75
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15809
U.S. FIRST FILL
197.99
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS
15810
U.S. FIRST FILL
199.32
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY
3 April 2018
KILLONE, LAOIS

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S.
38%
VIRGIN U.S.
17%
PREMIUM FRENCH
19%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
26%

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