The Octomore distillery on Islay was opened in 1816 and closed permanently in 1852. When the nearby Bruichladdich distillery somewhere in 2006 decided to make the most daring Whisky ever, they chose the name Octomore. What started out as a wild idea took shape in this Whisky; turf smoke in its heaviest form. The malt is dried several times in peat smoke. As a result, it has a technical phenols content of over 200 PPM.
