Octomore 11.3 0,7 l

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 61,7%vol

Comparing Octomore 11.1 and 11.3 gives one of the finest lessons in stratospheric smoke and barley terroir. While both editions are malted to a Brobdingnagian 100+PPM reading, the differences in barley character from the respective growing region is ever present. Octomore Islay barley is grown each year by friend and farmer James Brown, on Octomore farm itself. It is harvested, malted and distilled separately, even from Bruichladdich’s other Islay barley harvests, in order to become a single field, single vintage single malt.

Situated just two miles from the distillery, this specific 2013 harvest was raised in Irene’s field, where only 28 acres were planted that year. Unlike its Scottish Mainland counterpart, this field is exposed to the climactic conditions and salt spray of wild Atlantic swells. The distinctive flavour and rarity of this barley is something truly special when combined with the clean ex-American whiskey cask maturation.

• 194 ppm
• Distilled in 2014 from 2013 harvest of 100% Octomore Farm grown Concerto barley
• 5 years old
• Full term maturation in first fill American whiskey casks from Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace and Jack Daniels
• 18.000 btls only
• un-chill filtered
• colouring free
 

Producer: Bruichladdich Distillery, Isle of Islay, Argyll, PA49 7UN, Scotland
 

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