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The World's Peatiest Whisky Now the World’s Best.
"The world's peatiest whisky has been awarded Single Malt of the Year.
Whisky guru Jim Murray tasted over 4500 whiskies from around the world before awarding the 2011 victor ludorum to Octomore “Orpheus” in his definitive whisky guide, the Whisky Bible, published this week.
Octomore, winner of the title “Single Malt of the Year”, is distilled at Islay’s Bruichladdich distillery, and is 3 times more peaty than any other mainstream whisky.
Winning a 96.5% rating, Octomore “Orpheus” outperformed other category winners up to 10 times its age. At 5 years old, it also won the title of best whisky under 10 years.
“This is no monstrous brute,” said Jim McEwan, head of distilling at Islay’s Bruichladdich Distillery, “it’s an iron fist in the velvet glove. That’s what you get when you combine massively smokey barley with the purest spirit around. It’s like nothing else on earth.”
“It also shows what great quality barley, slow, artisanal distilling, and premium quality wood can achieve; it makes a mockery of that assumption that old must equal better.”
Unusually, the award-winning whisky was matured in both standard American and premium French oak - the latter from the prestigious bordeaux winery of Chateau Petrus.
The latest limited edition release, Octomore 3, is even peatier at an unprecedented 152 ppm. It is available from whisky specialists from this week.
Notes to Editors: 15,000 bottles were made of Octomore “Orpheus” from barley malted to 140 ppm and bottled at 61% ABV. Bottles can be ordered from whisky specialists such as www.laddieshop.com at £85"
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