Description

THE EFFECT OF VIRGIN OAK ON WHISKY CAN BE DRAMATIC. HEAD DISTILLER ADAM HANNETT MUST BALANCE THE IMMENSE SENSORY FORCE OF THE RAW WOOD WHILST RETAINING THE SUBTLE COMPLEXITY OF THE OCTOMORE SPIRIT.
The solution demands a complex cask management system. Although all of the spirit in 08.4 is eight years old just 20% has been held full-term in virgin oak. 80% was originally introduced to American oak, first-fill ex-Bourbon casks, before being transferred into the European virgin oak that had previously held Octomore 07.4.
The Octomore 08.4 edition is:
170ppm
Distilled in 2009, using 100% Scottish barley from 2008 harvest
12,000 btls only
58.7% ABV
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CHARACTER
The power of Octomore and virgin oak combine again to show another of the endless possibilities we can create when our focus is on the fundamental elements of whisky making.