- Nose: 24 Palate: 23 Finish: 22 Balance: 23 Total: 92
- Nose: Cinnamon and peat smoke
- Palate: Creamy, peaty vanilla
- Finish: Long, long, long peat
- Balance: Amazingly smooth. How is this an 8-year at 59.3% ABV? There's no burn.
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 8
- ABV: 59.3%
- Distiller: Bruichladdich (Remy Cointreau)
- Where made: Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay SCOTLAND
- Region: Islay
- Approximate Price: $170
- Value: BEST
From Bruichladdich: "Our Octomore .1 editions are distilled from 100% Scottish barley. In recent years they have been primarily aged only in ex-American oak, in varying percentages of different ex-bourbon and ex-Tennessee whiskey casks. They are the backbone of each new series as they demonstrate the raw character of the clean Octomore spirit balanced with the neutral American oak casks." This whisky was peated to 167 ppm of phenols, distilled in 2008 with 100% Scottish barley, from the 2007 harvest. It was 100% matured in first fill American oak casks, including Buffalo Trace, Clermont Springs, Four Roses, Heaven Hill & Jack Daniels.