Bruichladdich Octomore 13.3 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation 70cl

A well-balanced, smoky Islay single malt, Octomore 13.3 was distilled in 2016 using 100% Islay barley, harvested in 2015 and peated to a whopping 129.3ppm, and matured in a combination of first-fill ex-American whiskey casks and second-fill European oak casks from Rivesaltes, France, and Ribero del Duero, Spain, for five years. The palate offers notes of vanilla, brown sugar, fresh limes and green apples, all wrapped up in gentle, dry peat smoke, sea salt and creosote notes that linger in the finish.

Bruichladdich’s famously hyper-peaty whisky is back with a new series of bottles. This 13th edition of the series, which was launched in 2008, sticks to the fundamentals of the range: each whisky is matured for five years, the barley used is very heavily peated (to more than 130PPM on average) and bottled at near cask strength. The first in the series, 13.1, acts as the cornerstone of the range against which the others — each of which has a particular point of difference — can be compared.

Octomore 13.3 from Bruichladdich is made entirely from single source barley, grown on Islay, harvested in 2015 and peated to 129.3 PPM. This single malt Scotch was distilled in 2016 and aged for five years in a combination of first fill European oak casks from Rivesaltes in France and Ribera del Duero in Spain, along with first fill American whiskey barrels. As with all the Octomore editions, this is non-chill filtered, and free of added colour.

Tasting Notes

Finish : Peat builds, with savoury oats, and fruit compote.

61.1% ABV

70cl