Octomore 13.3, a heavily peated single malt from Bruichladdich distillery, distilled in 2016 from 100% Scottish grown Concerto barley (129.3 PPM) harvested in 2015 by James Brown at his Octomore farm, just 2 miles south of the distillery. Fully matured on Islay for over 5 years in a combination of first fill ex-American whiskey and 2nd fill ex-European oak casks then bottled up at an impressive 61.1% vol.
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle
Heard for a while how good Littlemill’s can be. This SMWS 30yo certainly did not disappoint, the nose on this dram was amazing.
It was a flavour packed palete, that certainly stood out as such a fine whisky.
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