Octomore 8.1 8 Year Old 167ppm
70cl
Peated to an almost absurd level of 167ppm. You would think that this could be undrinkable but when tasted it is surprisingly quaffable and nowhere near as smoky as the numbers would suggest. Instead the smoke creeps up on you and doesn't really become monsterous until the finish where it makes itself very apparent.
- €159.00
Peated to an almost absurd level of 167ppm. You would think that this could be undrinkable but when tasted it is surprisingly quaffable and nowhere near as smoky as the numbers would suggest. Instead the smoke creeps up on you and doesn't really become monsterous until the finish where it makes itself very apparent.
| Tasting Notes from the Producer | |
| Aromas (without water) | Initially smoke, tar, peat ash hint of muddiness/wet peat moss. Candied orange, pepper, chocolate, macaroon, vanilla fudge and lemon meringue pie. |
| Palate (without water) | Liquid gold, soft and delicate texture from slow distillation. Superb fruit/smoke combination. On the lips there is soft kiss of salt spray, ozone fresh. Sweet oak gives vanilla, fudge, marzipan and walnut. Melon and citrus come through on a floral breeze. Many layered there is a lot find in this Octomore. Finish: Wow! Smoothness, sweetness and then smoke. A texture like no other, satin soft and devilishly warming. The American oak influence is in perfect tune with the smoke and soft fruits delicately, skilfully coaxed from the still during exceptionally slow distillation. Vanilla, honey, citrus rise up to be met with sea spray and leather, smoked mussels mix with autumn bracken and crème brûlée. |
Fact Sheet
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| Fluid | 70cl |
| Number Of Bottles Released | 42,000 |
| Types of Barley | 100% Scottish Barley from the 2007 harvest. |
| Alcohol % | 59.3% |
| Types of Barrel used for Aging | 100% 1st fill ex-Bourbon/Tennessee whiskey. |