Bruichladdich Octomore 2 News
The World’s Peatiest Whisky Just Got Peatier
Octomore is now 7% more peaty than the inaugural 2008 record-breaker.
The peatiness, at 140 ppm (parts per million) in the original malted barley, gives this whopper a huge peat smoke punch, almost 30% more than its nearest rival to the title.
It is referred to as ‘the iron fist in a velvet glove’ owing to the whisky’s surprisingly subtle charms, and is distilled at Islay’s Bruichladdich Distillery by head distiller Jim McEwan:
“It’s a great equation: massive peat + Bruichladdich elegance = awesome spirit. We dialed up the peating level of this 2nd bottling of Octomore because it seemed churlish not to.”
“But Octomore is not for the feint-hearted. At this peating level it is for savouring; a little goes an awful long way. Taste with minimal water to appreciate and share in its evolution.”
“Dr Riffkin, Tatlock & Thompson’s analyst that certified the whisky, told me: “this is the highest peating level we have ever seen – by miles.”
Another slice of Octomore anyone?
Notes for Editors:
Distributed in the UK by Blavod, 202 Fulham Road, London SW10 9PJ – contact: rambler@blavodextreme.com or Phyllis Taylor 0207 3522096 Exports: Andrew Gray andrew@bruichladdich.com
Peat smoke was traditionally used to arrest by desiccation the germination of malting barley to provide fermentable sugars.
Octomore is an Islay single malt distilled at Bruichladdich distillery annually since 2003.
Octomore 2009 bottling was distilled from barley that measured 140 ppm parts per million of total phenols in the original malted barley by the industry standard method of HPLC.
The certificate of analysis of the Octomore 2009 bottled whisky by Tatlock & Thompson Scientific Services is available for inspection at Bruichladdich Distillery.
15,000 numbered bottles are available worldwide at cask strength. Available from Loch Fyne Whiskies http://www.lfw.co.uk/
