Category: Islay

It might only be October, but as the song goes – “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with toys in every store“.

There’s also Christmas cake and pudding in the supermarkets, which over the last couple of years seeing those at this time of the year would annoy the crap out of me – it’s not even my birthday yet, let alone Melbourne Cup, or halloween.

This year I decided to do things differently – I’ve decided to countdown the twelve weeks to Christmas with whisky.  Either that or it sounded like a good excuse to try every Octomore that I could get my hands on – the jury is still out on the real reason.  😀

A Christmas whisky countdown is one thing – but don’t expect me to string up the tinsle, wear a Santa hat, or stock up on prawns just yet!

Introducing 12 Weeks To Christmas – a Ninja’s Very Peaty Countdown

Every week for the next twelve weeks I will be reviewing a different Bruichladdich Octomore whisky starting with Octomore 7.4 and working backwards.  I’ll update the list below as I publish more reviews.

1. Octomore 7.4 – Virgin Oak | 61.2% | 167ppm
2. Octomore 7.3 – Islay Barley | 63% | 169ppm
3. Octomore 7.2 – Cask Evolution | 58.5% | 208ppm
4. Octomore 7.1 – Scottish Barley | 59.5% | 208ppm
5. Octomore 6.3 – Islay Barley | 64% | 258ppm
6. Octomore 6.2 – Cask Evolution | 58.2% | 167ppm
7. Octomore 6.1 – Scottish Barley | 57% | 167ppm
8. Octomore 5.1 – 59.5% | 169ppm
9. Octomore 4.2 – “Comus” | 61% | 167ppm
10. Octomore 4.1 – 62.5% | 167ppm
11. Octomore 3.1 – 59% | 152ppm
12. Octomore 2.2 – “Orpheus” | 61% | 140ppm
13. Octomore 2.1 – 62.5% | 140ppm
14. Octomore 1.1 – 63.5% | 131ppm