Destilerías Acha Ibar 3-year Basque Mountain Whisky, Pais Vasco, Spain

$44.00

This is a pre-order item expected to arrive late May 2026.

Ibar, Basque for “river valley”, is a whisky made in the Basque highlands that is deeply rooted in this landscape’s very specific terroir. Acha Distillery sources barley from local malteries, building their 3yr blend with 15% malted barley and the balance is unmalted barley. Rather than use peat to smoke their malted grains, they use fast-growing heather roots sourced from the Basque Country. Not only does this give the whisky a completely unique, green-smoke profile, but it makes the Ibar whiskies far more sustainable than cocktail whiskies using peat, which takes millenia to form. 

Ibar whisky is distilled at Acha’s headquarters in Álava in their historic Hervé & Moulin copper pot still, one of the oldest functioning pot stills in Europe. It is then aged in freshly re-charred Iberian oak casks, sourced from local winemakers, before being down proofed with pristine filtered water from the Nervión River and bottled. Acha Distillery’s Ibar whiskies are a completely fresh take on Scotch-style malt whisky, with a unique character reflecting their Basque ingredients and terroir.

Flavor Profile: Acha’s Ibar 3yr whisky has a light, grainy nose, with a distinctly savory profile of green smoke and sea salt and a long, textural finish

Usage Notes: Ibar 3yr is a perfect highball whisky, and more than holds its own in more complex cocktails, especially citrus and spice drinks like mules or Penicillins.

  • 15% malted barley and 85% unmalted barley from Basque Country

  • Malted barley is smoked with local Basque heather roots

  • Distilled in a Hervé & Moulin copper pot still

  • Aged in freshly-charred Iberian oak barrels, repurposed from local winemakers

  • Diluted with filtered water from the Nervión River

  • Non-chill filtered

  • No added coloring

  • Light nose of malt and grain, with green smoke and a salty sensation on the palate

  • ABV: 40%

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