Octomore Edition 05.1 / 1_169

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Octomore Edition 05.1 / 1_169

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottled	15.07.2012
Age	05 years old
Cask type	American Oak
Number of bottles	18,000
Strength	59.5 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 140.00 \| £ 118.27 \| $ 180.17

Added: 9 Aug. 2012 3:14 pm by maverick6462

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Notes & Reviews

Edwin de Lange

posted 13 Jan. 2013

Edwin de Lange gave this whisky 94 points

A great expression!

granella2003

posted 29 Dec. 2012

granella2003 gave this whisky 90 points

Color

Gin clear

Nose

Taste

The flavors have a lot of smoke, peat and tar what one already knows from previous Octomore's.

Finish

The salty aftertaste makes this sturdy boy nicely

Comments

granella2003

posted 29 Dec. 2012

granella2003 gave this whisky 90 points

A gem of a whisky with a circulation of 18,000 copies. This
Bruichladdich 169 ppm is extremely elegant with an alcohol content of 59.5% is a whisky
for advanced.

Malt Hans

posted 1 Dec. 2012

Malt Hans gave this whisky 91 points

Tary
and malty aroma, brine, drying seaweed, spruce wood smoke, mustard,
nutmeg, lime, prunes, green apple, wet hay and oat biscuits. Marzipan
sweet and tary taste, chili, wasabi, dijon mustard, lemon marmalade,
ginger, espresso and bitter herbs. Long, smoky, fruity, spicy and malty
end.

markjedi1

posted 26 Nov. 2012

markjedi1 gave this whisky 87 points

Color

White wine

Nose

The nose is quite peaty, of course, but indeed not truly a monster. It is mildly sweet on corn flakes and has something umami to offer that I can only describe as meatloaf. Weird, but not bad. Some straw, mint, smoke, ash, tar and salt.

Taste

On the palate, though, the peat and smoke are present in full force immediately. The meatloaf has turned into (unbaked) dough (nice, but not very healthy). Loads of grains and, surprisingly, white fruit. Pears, mostly. If not a peat monster, it is at least fast becoming a beast of sorts.

Finish

The finish is all about smoke, with all other flavours doomed to be insignificant.

Comments

The peat does play a more prominent role in this one compared with previous bottlings from Octomore. But it works! Between 110 and 120 EUR. Thanks to Johan for the sample.

Mark Dermul Toshan Man

checkpointuk

posted 4 Sep. 2012

checkpointuk gave this whisky 88 points

Complete Tasting notes here:

http://www.weinkenner.de/2012/islay-die-torfige-trauminsel-und-heimat-des-neuen-octomore-5169-25033/

Farbe: Strohgelb
Nase: Torf, Rauchschwaden von einem Lagerfeuer und wieder Torf,
Teer, Desinfektionsmittel, Salz und Zitrone, malzig und suess mit Anklaengen von Vanille.
Geschmack: Maechtiger, suesser Start, immer suesser werdend mit viel, viel Torf; stark salziger Rauch, Zitrone und wieder etwas Vanille. Hinzu kommen Aromen von schwarzem Tee, die dumpf die Honig-Suesse kontaktieren.
Finish: Sehr lang und sehr torfig. Rauchig salzige Zitrone mit dumpfen Noten von Tee und nassem Laub und unterlegten suessen Aromen von Honig.
Bemerkung: Hier findet man eine durchgehende Suesse von Beginn an, die hervorragend zum Torf-Rauch passt.
88 Punkte (Nase: 86 / Geschmack: 88 / Finish: 89)
Preis: 110 Euro

Drochaid

posted 21 Aug. 2012

Drochaid gave this whisky 87 points

Diese 7. legendäre Abfuellung des Octomore, mit unglaublichen
169 ppm Torfgehalt. Ein Schottischer Whisky der Superlative, der auf 18.000
Flaschen limitiert ist.

Nase: Direkt viel Rauch, Torf und Teer. Es gibt auch Aromen von Vanille, Honig,
Gras, Stroh, einem Hauch von Minze und salz.

Geschmack: Nicht nur ein Torfmonster mit hohem Alkohol und Rauch, sondern auch
mit weichen Toenen, die fuer eine gute Balance sorgen.

Finish: Eine Menge Rauch!

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