by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | Arctic Whisky Project
Growing and harvesting, the summer season of 2020 Despite a very hard winter (snow would not leave the ground until june), the “Heder” barley was put in the ground on 3 different locations in Arctic Norway: We experienced different growing patterns in the...
by admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Arctic Whisky Project
Second test batch, January 2020 Second batch of Arctic barley was fermented at Mack microbrewery in Tromsø. This batch was made from 320 kg of Barley from Alta (210 km north of the distillery). The wash produced from 100% Arctic unmalten barley (Heder, 6 Row). We did...
by admin | Mar 11, 2020 | Whisky production
the Maturation Believe it or not, but the Arctic climate has its clear advantages. The temperature variations between summer and winter, and between day and night, are dramatic. In the winter, we can experience temperatures below -20 C, and in the summer temperatures...
by admin | Mar 11, 2020 | Whisky production
the Still Our still (“GERD”) was delivered from Germany. “Kothe Destillationstechnik” is a traditional German company specializing in copper and steel processing. Based on the unique competence of the renowned engineer Leif Nerhammar, Aurora Spirit has...
by admin | Mar 11, 2020 | Whisky production
the Wash Mack brewery delivers our wash, made by our specification. Mack are close to us and have some of the best competence and experience in Norway for making beer (which also relates to Whisky). Their production plant is situated 70 km south of us, in the village...