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 Octomore
Orpheus the worlds peatiest whisky has
just got peatier. This third annual
release is certified to an extraordinary
152ppm. The Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove.
Octomore started out as a late night
"What if?" idea after a few drams: what
if we distilled the most heavily peated
barley humanly possible – in our unique
stills. What would the result be?
William Harvey, in order to make the
purest spirit possible, designed the
tall, narrow-necked Bruichladdich stills
to be the very antithesis of Islay
stills that existed in 1881. Our
equation is therefore simple: "massive
peat + Bruichladdich elegance = awesome
spirit".
Now in only it’s third annual release,
this controversial spirit has already
become legend. An intrinsic distillation
from barley to bottle, the new cult
Islay whisky brings a whole new
dimension to peated whisky: all the
heady, pure peat smoke aromas - yet free
from iodine & medicinal flavours. A
uniquely slow, trickle distillation
(condensers were not even needed) gives
a soft textured spirit that belies its
youthful age. We thought it churlish not
to up the anti and raise the bar to an
eye-boggling 152 ppm (in original malted
barley). Again, Bruichladdich blazes the
trial where others can only dream of
following.
Jim Murray said about the Octomore in
his 2010 Whisky Bible "Forget about the
age. Don’t be frightened by the phenol
levels. Great whisky is not about
numbers; it’s about excellent
distillation and careful maturation." In
Jim Murray's 2011 Whisky Bible he named
the Octomore Orpheus 3 as his Scotch
Single Malt Whisky of the Year.
The Octomore Orpheus 3, is
available exclusively from whisky
specialists shops such as
The Whisky Exchange.
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