Bruichladdich Octomore 16.2 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml Italian creamy oak

creamy oak

and even solder-smoke accents

while the addition of 'one cut' of water opens up a new

and tropical florals

The official note's "extremely rich" finish characterization is the most accurately and the most completely confirmed quality of the 30-year expression — a finish that sustains itself across an unusually long duration with the warmth of cinnamon leading before the Mizunara Japanese oak's most enduring aromatic character arrives as the closing quality of the experience: the sandalwood

Bruichladdich Octomore 16.2 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml Italian creamy oak"On paper, it shouldn't really work it's too young, too strong, and too peaty," says Adam Hannett, Bruichladdich's head distiller and, as of this release, newly appointed master blender. He calls it the Impossible Equation, and it's been the guiding philosophy behind Octomore since the range first launched in 2008: take barley peated to genuinely extreme phenol levels, distill it, age it for only five years a fraction of what most serious single malts