Octomore 09.4 – The Outlier
The other three Dialogos bottlings were distilled in 2012 and matured for five years, but the age of the fourth edition varies: the whisky was distilled in 2008 and it stayed in casks for ten years. And different from the 09.1-09.3 which are based on Concerto barley the Octomore 09.4 was produced from Optic barley and some of the casks it was matured in were Port and Cognac casks
100 % Scottish Optic barley, harvested in 2007
167 ppm
distilled in 2008
fully matured in 1st-fill Port pipes 37 %, 1st-fill Cognac casks 31 %, 2nd-fill ex-American whiskey casks 20 %, 3 years in 1st-fill-ex-American casks + 2 years in Virgin oak + 6 years in ex-American whiskey casks 12 %
100% matured on Islay
10 years old
bottled with 56.8% ABV
non-chill filtered and uncolored
limited to 12.000 bottles worldwide
available from January 2019