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Octomore 12.1 (Scottish Barley)

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
5 years
ABV
59.9%
Introduced
2021
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Octomore 12.1 (Scottish Barley)

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Pale straw gold; bright and clear with medium legs
Nose
Crisp honeyed orchard fruit, smoke, malt, vanilla pastry, char, baking spice, toffee sweetness and wax. Honey, jalapeno, salt, and lime zest
Palate
Minerality, smoke, hay-like malt, lemon curd, toffee, herbal spice, dried orchard fruit, honey, light char, and banana chips. Marmalade and honey on whole-grain toast with sweetness balanced by salt
Finish
Long, chocolatey finish culminating in bittersweet waves of saline smoke. Persistent and warming

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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