Which Octomore is best?
Highest rated whiskies with > 3 votes
- 91.67. Octomore 2009 RBTW.
- 91.21. Octomore Edition 06.1 / 167.
- 91.14. Octomore Edition 06.3 / 258.
- 90.86. Octomore Edition 06.3 / 258.
- 90.70. Octomore 2009.
Is Octomore a peaty?
The Islay distillery’s Octomore Masterclass 08.3 edition contains barley peated to a phenol level of 309ppm (parts per million). Until now the peatiest whisky on record was Octomore 06.3, released in 2015 and containing barley peated to 258ppm.
How do you drink Octomore?
Begin by putting a small quantity, say a tablespoon, of Octomore in a standard Glencairn whisky glass. A brandy snifter will also work particularly well in this case. Rotate the glass so a thin film of whisky is spread along the inside. There should be little or no whisky left at the bottom of the glass.
Is Octomore hard to find?
Released late last year, the 9 series has already grown scarce at retail—the Octomore faithful tend to snatch it up quickly—so if you come across a bottle of the slightly vegetal and very peaty mélange of sea breeze, salted fudge, and Christmas confections that is Octomore 9.1, consider yourself fortunate.
How peaty is Laphroaig?
Laphroaig might be the best known of the Islay peaty single malts, a whisky that one can find in almost any bar, even ones that don’t specialize in brown spirits. In general, Laphroaig is a very peaty dram, but the distillery experiments with several different expressions.
What does Octomore taste like?
How it tastes: To answer the above question, yes. The 11.1 (139.6ppm, 59.4% ABV, Scottish grown barley, five years maturation in first-fill American whiskey casks from Jim Beam, Heaven Hill and Jack Daniels): Heavy smoke on the nose, rather sweet and honey-like on the palate with modest vanilla fruit and citrus notes.
What is a good peaty whisky?
Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay is the center of the peated whisky world, and most fans regard Lagavulin 16 as the quintessential Islay malt. It’s been a licensed distillery since 1816, and while it makes several other expressions, the flagship 16 is the place to start.
How many Octomores are there?
Octomore has recently released four new expressions: Octomore 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, all five-year-old and its latest 10 YO bottling. All four whiskies are bottled at cask strength and were matured on Islay. The 11.1 release is made entirely from Concerto and Propino barley sourced in Scotland.
Why is Octomore?
The ‘ppm’ (parts per million of phenols) refers to the peatiness of the barley from which the spirit was distilled and not the mature, bottled whisky; with distillation and time the ppm falls. Some might call such a high level of peat excessive; we call it Octomore whisky.
