Hello once again everyone! It's been a while since I've posted some reviews here even after I promised to update this blog a bit more regularly but unfortunately my last semester doing my undergraduate degree has been a bit more reading and writing intensive then I expected so unfortunately I haven't done a review since January and hopefully I'll be able to do this a bit more regularly once mid-April comes around so until then I'll be posting a few newer reviews before I approach any reviews of brand new whiskies I've tried.
2 years ago I tried the Octomore 7.1 and thought that while it wasn't as intensely peated as the ppm suggested it was still a quality dram. But the price in Ontario was sadly not very quality. So I put off ever getting an Octomore until my friend asked if I wanted to split a few whiskies that he ended up grabbing in Calgary a while back. One of the whiskies we ended up splitting was a bottle of this, which is the 9th release series of Octomore. However, unlike the X.1 Octomores this one is a X.3 release which is a vatting of heavily peated spirit matured in American oak and French oak wine barriques. The cask breakdown is as follows:
- 25% 1st fill Ex-bourbon casks
- 25% 3rd fill Virgin American Oak
- 20% 2nd fill Rivesaltes barriques
- 20% 2nd fill Syrah barriques
- 10% 2nd fill Ex-bourbon casks
So let's see if this mix of bourbon, virgin oak, Syrah red wine and Rivesaltes fortified wine casks make this big peaty Bruichladdich shine.
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Age: 5 Years
Region: Islay
Cask Type(s): American Oak and French Oak
ABV: 62.9%
No. of Bottles: 18,000
Maturation Time: Not Available
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- Color: Straw gold
- Nose: Greasy back bacon, vanilla bean, caramel, cherry, leather, smoked brisket, earth, woodspice, big peat but not overwhelming.
- Taste: More bacon grease, creamy vanilla and caramel, lemon citrus, cocoa, toasted oak, light touches of leather, treenuts and pastry bread
- Finish: Medium to long with lemon candy, caramel, BBQ smoke and sea salted pork
The nose on this whisky is like being in an old school diner for lunch when they're making a the most cholesterol filled food they could possibly make. The palate loads on the bacon even more and its dangerously drinkable even at over 61% ABV. The heavy bourbon influence is there too that adds some nice sweet elements along with the wine influence which gives a touch of leather, pastry elements and nuttiness. This is basically a peated whiskies take on Epic Meal Time during the better episodes when it didn't get boring. It's a wonderfully peated Islay and I can't wait until the 10.X series comes out to see if they do something special because for me this whisky has made me an Octomore fan for life!
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