Bruichladdich Octomore 1695 Discovery Quadruple Distilled 7 Year Old 700ml 69.5%

A limited-edition release for Feis Ile 2014 – 25.05_Discovery Day that yielded 1695 bottles

Details
700ml: 69.5%alc
Age: 7 years
Region: Islay
Cask type: Oloroso sherry butts
Bottler: Bruichladdich Distillery
Distilled: 18th of February 2007
Release Date: 2014

Bottling Notes

This rare Octomore ‘Discovery’ never made it to our fine shores and was released for the Scottish Islay Festival in 2014. Back in 2007, Jim McEwan, inspired by the great Scots traveller Martin Martin, quadruple distilled a spirit made from super heavily peated malt that was destined to become Octomore. The result is utterly unique. Matured for seven years in Oloroso sherry butts, nothing like it has ever been previously released.

Martin Martin was an adventurer on a journey of discovery. He wrote one of the first travelogues about the Western Isles of Scotland and famously described some early versions of what would eventually evolve into Scotch whisky. His journey took place around 1695 during Feis Ile, at 1.00pm on Sunday 25th May 2014, and the expression was offered for sale at Bruichladdich exclusively to visitors to the distillery.

We managed to source a handful of these iconic Octomores and they won’t last long. It’s yet another example in Bruichladdich’s progressive exploration of the distiller’s art.

This is our last bottle.