Comparison of Octomore 11.1 and 11.3 is a fine lesson in barley terroir combined with smoke. While both editions are malted to 100+PPM reading, the differences in barley character from the respective growing region is ever present.
Grown on Octomore farm, this Islay barley is raised by the distillery’s friend and farmer James Brown. It is harvested, malted and distilled separately, even from other Islay barley harvests, in order to become a single field, single vintage single malt.
Situated just two miles from the distillery, this specific 2013 harvest was raised in Irene’s field, where only 28 acres were planted that year. Unlike its Scottish Mainland counterpart, this field is exposed to the climactic conditions and salt spray of wild Atlantic swells. The distinctive flavour and rarity of this barley is something truly special when combined with the clean ex-American whiskey cask maturation.
- Malted to 194 PPM
- Distilled in 2014 from the 2013 harvest of 100% Octomore Farm grown Concerto barley
- Full term maturation in first fill American whiskey casks from Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace and Jack Daniels
- Matured entirely on Islay for five aged years
- Bottled at 61.7% alc./vol, unchill-filtered and colouring free at Bruichladdich Distillery