Octomore 17.3 - Bruichladdich Distillery - Aberdeen Whisky Shop

Bruichladdich Distillery

Octomore 17.3

ABV: 60.9% 70 cL

Edition 17.3 is a spirit-led Octomore that grounds barley, provenance and place, balancing muscular peat with elegance and nuance.

Distilled using 100% Scottish Mainland Concerto barley from Irene's field, malted to 132.1 PPM and aged for 5 years in first-fill bourbon barrels and second-fill Ribera del Duero, Sauternes, Eiswein and Syrah cask, it is full of peat, caramel and salinity.

Sweet first fill oak shows as salted caramel, smoked apple and toasted coconut, quirkly joined by praline and vanilla cream. Earthy and deeply charred peat wraps the palate in dry, ashy smoke whilst citrus oils and salinity cut through.

With time, the spirit, cask and grain knit tightly together - smoked malt, sweet barley and peat, woven as one. This powerful yet composed dram - weather-beaten, coastal and deeply satisfying.

Bottled by Bruichladdich Distillery at natural cask strength, natural colour and no chill filtration.

£199.00

Tax included.

Pickup available at 472 Union Street
Octomore 17.3

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  • 472 Union Street

    Pickup available,usually ready in 2 hours

    Union Street
    472
    Aberdeen AB10 1TS
    United Kingdom

    +441224647433

PRODUCT INFO

Region Islay
Distillery Bruichladdich
Cask type irst-fill bourbon barrels and second-fill Ribera del Duero, Sauternes, Eiswein and Syrah casks
Whisky type Single malt

The Bruichladdich name comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'Bruthach a' Chladaich', which means brae by the shore. The distillery was founded in 1881 by the Harvey Brothers. The distillery changed hands many times until 1994 when it was shut down as 'surplus to requirements’. It remained mothballed until December 2000, when it was purchased by private investors. It took nearly six months to resume the distillation, as Bruichladdich had never seen any modernisation efforts from the previous owners. In 2012, it was taken over by Remy Cointreau. Today, Bruichladdich produces three different styles of whisky: their classic unpeated under the name Bruichladdich, heavily seated port Charlotte and the world’s most peaty malt - Octomore.

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