Octomore, the world's most heavily-peated Scotch whisky

Bruichladdich's Octomore range consisted of some of the most heavily-peated Scotch whiskies in the world.

Last time round, I explored the notion of an unpeated Islay whisky with Bunnahabhain. This week, we go the other extreme with arguably the most heavily peated Islay whisky range ever produced – Bruichladdich’s Octomore.

While most Islay distilleries like Arbeg, Laphroaig and Lagavulin pride themselves on producing heavily peated whiskies, when it comes to actual peat levels in the whisky, the Octomore series has them beat.