Bruichladdich Brews World's Peatiest Whisky

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Apr 6th 2009 at 2:02PM

The folks at the beloved Bruichladdich Scotch distillery on Islay, who produced the strongest single malt ever made at 180-proof, have now bottled the world's peatiest whisky.

Octomore (right) is distilled from barley peated to 131 ppm, three times more peaty than any other whisky ever produced. Like all Bruichladdich whiskies it was made in distillery's tall, narrow-necked stills designed to make the purest spirit possible.

Young, powerful and brash, Octomore is described as "an iron fist in a velvet glove." Only 6,000 numbered bottles were produced at natural cask strength of 63.5% ABV, or 127-proof. For something that strong and smoky, a special matte black bottle was in order.

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