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Distilling Now : Ed Harpur

Single Farm Origin Lakefield

Edition 1.1

Key Facts

EDITION1.1
HARVESTED11 SEPTEMBER 2016
DISTILLEDWEEK 09 2017
Maturation3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 28 DAYS
ABV50%
No. of Bottles30,528
For Market Global
BottledFebruary 2021

Lakefield, CO. LAOIS

In the lee of Bishopswood, once witness to the macabre spectacle of a bishop’s hanging, Lakefield Farm, east of Durrow, Co. Laois, stands on undulated lowlands farmed by the enigmatic Seamus Duggan – winner of our Barley Grower of the Year Trophy for his 2019 barley crop. Derived from limestone & sandstone these well-drained, deep loam soils of the Elton series consistently produce exceptional barley quality.

The Sound of Lakefield

It’s a windy, dry and warm Summer’s day at Lakefield. This track starts out in a barn at the entrance to the fields. A combine harvester sits waiting for its annual call-up as the wind rattles through the building. We head outside, where the wind blows down along the side of the barn, then we move down the lane towards the fields. We reach the hedgerows that run along the southerly edge of the fields, busy with birds, bees and butterflies before heading out into the barley. It’s a little more sheltered at first, until we reach the woods at the northerly edge of the field. The wind picks up again and blows through the barley and the trees, as further away can be heard the trains pushing through the countryside on the line to the north.

BARLEY TIMELINES

SOWN25 March 2016
HARVESTED11 September 2016
Arrived at Cathedral13 September 2016
Went to Maltings5 February 2017
Arrived at Distillery15 February 2017
Fermentation Started27 February 2017
Distillation Started4 March 2017
Distillation Finished12 March 2017
Filled at Warehouse16 March 2017
Marriage of Casks13 November 2020
Sent for Bottling14 February 2021

The Distillers

James EllicksonIan O'BrienPadraic PowerCian Dirrane

Meet Seamus Duggan

TERROIR

FIELDS
SOIL
series Elton Association
type LUVISOL
pdf Elton Association
description Fine Loamy Drift, Elton Association soils composed of Elton, Kellistown, Baggotstown, Mylerstown, Ballylusky, NewInn, Cloonmore, Newtown and Greenane)
elevation 273 - 665 FEET
sunlight AVERAGE 5 - 5.5 hours

Growers

Grower
Farm
County
Type
Seamus Duggan
Lakefield
Laois
Conventional

BARLEY, YEAST & WATER

VARIETYIRINA
YeastMauri Distiller's Yeast
Production WaterVolcanic Aquifer
Fermentation142

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Light gold with oils that grip & legs that slowly meander down the glass.

Nose: Warm custard, bread baking, red apple, milk chocolate, dried flowers, butter cream, pine needles. It reminds me of waiting to eat a rhubarb & apple tart fresh from the oven with custard & cream to hand.

Taste: A gentle clove to start that leads into proving bread & malted biscuits, in the middle a pepperiness that travels back my tongue then honeydew melon & pears.

Finish: It doesn’t, it meanders along like a tributary to the start of a great river.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
8643
U.S. First Fill
197.84
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8645
U.S. First Fill
200.25
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8646
U.S. First Fill
194.67
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8647
U.S. First Fill
197.63
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8648
U.S. First Fill
197.97
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8649
U.S. First Fill
198.96
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8650
U.S. First Fill
195.88
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8651
U.S. First Fill
199.09
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8652
U.S. First Fill
199.73
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8653
U.S. First Fill
199.95
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8654
U.S. First Fill
195.7
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8655
U.S. First Fill
197.96
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8656
U.S. First Fill
197.96
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8657
U.S. First Fill
196.98
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8658
U.S. First Fill
195.41
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8659
U.S. First Fill
199.02
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8660
U.S. First Fill
198.08
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8661
U.S. First Fill
199.05
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8662
U.S. First Fill
196.35
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9156
U.S. First Fill
200.72
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9157
U.S. First Fill
198.03
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9158
U.S. First Fill
202.22
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9159
U.S. First Fill
199.56
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9160
U.S. First Fill
197.04
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9161
U.S. First Fill
197.07
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9162
U.S. First Fill
196.82
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9163
U.S. First Fill
201.4
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9164
U.S. First Fill
195.37
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9165
U.S. First Fill
195.12
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9166
U.S. First Fill
194.38
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9167
U.S. First Fill
193.5
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9168
U.S. First Fill
193.15
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9169
U.S. First Fill
199.00
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9170
U.S. First Fill
201.06
Seagram
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9279
U.S. First Fill
197.95
Heaven Hill
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9280
U.S. First Fill
196.63
Heaven Hill
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9281
U.S. First Fill
199.12
Heaven Hill
16 March 2017
Lakefield
9282
U.S. First Fill
200.25
Heaven Hill
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8639
U.S. First Fill
195.11
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
8641
U.S. First Fill
199.54
Wild Turkey
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6415
U.S. Virgin
211.65
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6416
U.S. Virgin
206.99
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6417
U.S. Virgin
209.48
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6420
U.S. Virgin
206.98
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6421
U.S. Virgin
203.2
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6381
U.S. Virgin
201.63
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6383
U.S. Virgin
209.98
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6384
U.S. Virgin
206.77
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6385
U.S. Virgin
207.86
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6404
U.S. Virgin
208.28
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6405
U.S. Virgin
199.48
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6406
U.S. Virgin
201.37
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6407
U.S. Virgin
202.57
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6408
U.S. Virgin
209.89
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6409
U.S. Virgin
203.04
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6410
U.S. Virgin
203.66
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6411
U.S. Virgin
202.46
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6412
U.S. Virgin
200.56
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6413
U.S. Virgin
204.02
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6414
U.S. Virgin
208.91
Speyside
16 March 2017
Lakefield
4671
French
208.91
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
4672
French
226.66
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
4673
French
226.22
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
4674
French
231.67
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6004
French
228.42
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6003
French
227.06
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5996
French
225.98
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5997
French
224.89
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6002
French
229.02
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5999
French
227.25
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6001
French
227.52
Margaux
16 March 2017
Lakefield
3364
Vin Doux Naturel
639.58
Porto
16 March 2017
Lakefield
3365
Vin Doux Naturel
627.13
Porto
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5889
Vin Doux Naturel
218.06
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5921
Vin Doux Naturel
222.75
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5885
Vin Doux Naturel
210.88
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5886
Vin Doux Naturel
212.67
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield
5920
Vin Doux Naturel
216.07
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield
6100
Vin Doux Naturel
221.13
Marsala
16 March 2017
Lakefield

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S.
46%
VIRGIN U.S.
23%
PREMIUM FRENCH
15%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
16%

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