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Octomore 11.1 (Scottish Barley)

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
5 years
ABV
59.4%
Introduced
2020
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Octomore 11.1 (Scottish Barley)

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Pale gold with slight greenish tinge; surprisingly light for its peat level, with medium legs
Nose
Soil, salty clay, crushed oyster shell, lemon verbena, and eucalyptus. Rose hips in background with dulled vanilla. Pencil shavings and salty minerality
Palate
Cloudy apple juice and pear drop with wood smoke and delicate medicinal notes. Vanilla cream, sweet malt, sponge cake. Brown sugar sweetness with chilli heat carrying Octomore DNA across palate
Finish
Medium length, slightly hot but with solid smoked vanilla character. Long peaty finish with spicy oak that dries the mouth, vegetal and light herbal notes linger in the smoke

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • First-fill ex-American whiskey casks

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