The world's most heavily peated whisky, this is the sixth edition of the uber-experimental cult Octomore.
The world's most heavily peated whisky, this is the sixth edition of the uber-experimental cult Octomore.
Titanic amounts of peat but with a light, delicate complexity and a beguiling finesse. Young, yet eminently mature, it defies us. It remains an enigma. We embrace that.
Here, we pay tribute to its pedigree, to the land from which it came and the raw materials that gave it life: Octomore Scottish Barley.
We believe challenging convention matters.
CHARACTER
MAGNIFICENTLY MUSCULAR. MOST HEAVILY PEATED MALTS
ARE SO DRY AND PHENOLIC THERE IS LITTLE ELSE TO SPARK
THE SENSES, NOT SO THIS YOUNG WARRIOR WHO AROUSES
PRIDE AND PASSION, TRANSPORTING YOU TO THAT MOST
FAMOUS ROCK IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN " ISLAY " THE
BEATING HEART OF THE HEBRIDES.
COLOUR
AUTUMN SUNSHINE/ CITRINE
NOSE
THE FIRST WAVES BRING A
COMBINATION OF SEA
SPRAY, SPINDRIFT, WET SEA
WEED AND HINTS OF OILY
IODINE. THEN PEAT SMOKE
WITH CRACKED BLACK
PEPPERCORN AND AS THE
SPIRIT REVEALS ITSELF,
STUNNING NOTES OF
HEATHER FLOWERS, LEMON
BALM AND WATER MINT.
ITS LIKE WATCHING A
SPIRITUAL WEAVER CREATE
A TAPESTRY FROM THE
HEBRIDES ITSELF.
PALATE
AS THE SPIRIT BREATHES
IN THE GLASS A SUBTLE
CHANGE TAKES PLACE.
RISING STEADILY COMES
THE CRISP, MALTED BARLEY
THEN THE SWEET OAK,
GIVING NOTES OF VANILLA,
TOASTED RYE BREAD AND
WALNUTS. ADD A BURST
OF FRESH LIME, POACHED
APPLE AND PEAR FROM
DISTILLATION WHILST
ALWAYS IN THE
BACKGROUND THE STEADY
RHYTHM OF THE SEA
PAINTING PICTURES IN
YOUR MIND OF A PEOPLE
AND PLACE WHO KNOW
THAT SINGLE MALT IS THE
STUFF OF LIFE, SUSTAINING
THEM FOR GENERATIONS
FINISH
THE SENSES WILL
CELEBRATE THIS GENIAL,
WARM, THRILLING
EXPERIENCE LONG AFTER
THE GLASS IS EMPTY. YOU
WILL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN ON A JOURNEY BY
THE WARMTH IN YOUR
HEART AND THE SPIRIT IN
YOUR SOUL.
-
Jim McEwan, Head Distiller, Bruichladdich
Country:
UK
Region:
Scotland
Variety:
Spirits - Whisky
Size:
700mL
