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Octomore 8.1 is 8 years old and has a Peat level of 167 PPM. It was distilled in 2008 using Scottish Barley from the 2007 harvest. It was then matured in first fill American oak casks sourced from Buffalo Trace, Clermont Springs, Four Roses, Heaven Hill & Jack Daniels. It is bottled at 59.3% ABV.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: doughy, barley sugars and marmalade; dark licorice pops up with burning heather and dead brush; white pepper and a hint of cayenne dusted over peanut brittle.
Palate: big, oily and building; massive actually; there is a tug of water between soft honeyed oils and sharp salty peat smoke; big candied orange and juicy, chewy, barley; a touch of virgin olive oil and Marcona almonds; smouldering creosote logs once it catches its stride.
Finish: firm smoke smothers the palate; the finish is long, oily and tarry; there is a base of orangey fruits underneath with melon; there is an anesthetic feel to this malt.
Comment: there is a drink this when it is -26C outside feel to this whisky, which is incidentally the temperature outside as I write this.
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: Initially smoke, tar, peat ash hint of muddiness/wet peat moss. Candied orange, pepper, chocolate, macaroon, vanilla fudge and lemon meringue pie.
Palate: 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 creÌ€me brûlée.
Producer Description
750 ml