Octomore 10y/o 5th Edition 56.3%ABV 30ml raisins and vanilla persist

raisins and vanilla persist

I got the first three bottles from the first official fill your own bottle at the refurbished and reopened Starward Distillery

non-chill filtered

Maybe do a side by side blind tasting to see if the earlier releases are better than the more recent ones

but it's interesting and this gives an impression of where this young Irish distillery is going

Octomore 10y/o 5th Edition 56.3%ABV 30ml raisins and vanilla persistDistilled in 2010 from the 2009 harvest of 100% Scottish grown Optic barley malted to 90. 3 PPM, Octomore Ten 5th Edition was matured entirely on Islay for ten years. The spirit spent its first five years in first fill American oak casks and an additional five years in Spanish Ribera del Duero wine barriques before being bottled un chill filtered and coloring free at 56. 3% ABV. Octomore Ten 5th Edition is limited to 3,500 bottles and was available