Octomore

Octomore Edition: 08.1 Masterclass 8 Year Old, First Fill Ex-Bourbon Cask, 2018, 59.3%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 12
Average Score
Avg 87
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Description

A single malt distillery on the isle of Islay, currently part of the whisky holdings of French company, Rémy Cointreau. The distillery's flagship brand of single malt is a non-peated style, however it also produces peated variants called Port Charlotte and Octomore, as well as The Botanist gin. A brand of single malt Scotch whisky produced at the Bruichladdich distillery on Islay. Introduced in 20 ...

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Unicorn AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 27, 2026SGD 330.45
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Sep 7, 2026SGD 374.35
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Aug 10, 2026SGD 317.94
Region
Islay
Age
8 Years
Vintage
2008
Bottled
2018
ABV
59.3%
Volume
70cl
Distillery
Octomore
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
First Fill Ex-Bourbon Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
Buffalo Trace, Clermont Springs, Four Roses, Heaven Hill, Jack Daniels
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
08.1
PPM
167
Barley
100% Scottish Barley from 2007 Harvest
Fermentation
60-105 hours
Master distiller (bottling)
Adam Hannett
Master distiller (distillation)
Jim McEwan
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
42000
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
Tube
Series highlights
Masterclass
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Soft despite the high ABV, peat and smoke are present but not overwhelming, sweet with sour notes, a little young, dirty, and edgy. Main aromas include honey, tar, brine, ashes, iodine, farmyard, green apple, roasted pineapple, wet stones and sand, lemon-infused tea, milk chocolate, nutmeg, rubber, plastic, and leather.
Palate
Peat and smoke are more prominent, strong and intense, sweet with sour and slightly bitter notes, tastes quite young. Main flavors include toasted barley, salted caramel, cold smoke, dirty earthy peat, iodine, hospital, bacon, fish, burnt pineapple on the BBQ, leather, old books, dunnage, apple, grapefruit, dark berries, orange, lemon, pepper, cloves, and cinnamon.
Finish
Long and quite sweet with dryness developing, alcohol is noticeable. Main flavors include toasted barley, salted caramel, vanilla, apricot-filled buttered puff pastry, cold campfire smoke, coastal peat, tar, ashes, iodine, soot, honey, green bell pepper, dried herbs, burnt grass, honey, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, bitter-lemon, orange, menthol, plastic, charred oak & leather.
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