BruichladdichOctomore10.1(700mL)

<p>One of the highest quality and smokiest Islay Single Malts with a surprisingly complex profile. </p><p><em>Bruichladdich</em> is one of the<em> most impressive</em> distilleries in Scotland. It was built on Islay in <em>1881</em> by the <em>Harvey brothers</em>, who came from a Whisky family dynasty. They built a cathedral-like, state-of-the-art <em>Victorian still house</em>, where they used 6-meter tall stills, which was unheard of at the time. Now owned by <em>Remy Cointreau</em>, the distillery remains pretty much the same as it has for <em>more than 100 years</em>. As the French culinary saying goes, “it is in the oldest pots that the best soup is made.” Slow fermentation, slow distillation, married in<em> traditional wooden vats</em>, and huge washes made from towering Douglas Fir.</p><p>Bruichladdich names their Octomore Single Malt releases like <em>software</em>. They launched the line in 2002 and have worked their way through ten versions. This, the current release, is<em> “Octomore 10.”</em> But this is a second release of that particular version, so the last one was “Octomore 10.0” and this one is “Octomore 10.1.” Get it?<em> Bruichladdich Octomore 10.1</em> is 100% Scottish Concerto barley dried with peat to <em>107 PPM </em>(phenol parts per million) — darn smokey. It’s aged for <em>five years</em> in new <em>ex-Bourbon casks</em> from Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, and Jack Daniels. The <em>limited edition</em> of 42k bottles are filled without chill-filtering or colorings at 59.8% ABV. Boom!</p>