Octomore -- worth the price?

I bought a 4.1 a few years ago. I have yet to open it. $It was $150.

The next year I saw the same batch at $120 in another store and a few others (like 4.2) for around that price and could not justify the price. 2-3 years later it's $170-200 when you cn find it here. I wouldmn't have missed the $240 today if I had bought 2 more bottles, but I miss the 2 bottles...

@OlJas that's funny, I'm the one that initiated the Reddit thread!

I tried a few Octomore (6 & 7), I really liked them but not to pay $200. I recently bought a spectacular Balblair 1990 (25 YO) for $120. I know it's not peaty and a different animal, but with a limited budget I don't want to mess around.

But a limited edition, and a 10 YO instead of 5, well, I'm going to think it again before it's too late.

I've never had the octomore. I would like to try it but i can't see myself buying a bottle at that price for what it is. A young, super niche whisky. Perhaps i would reconsider after a taste..

I like the Port Charlotte PC11 a little more over the Octomore 6.1.

I am not really a peat head. While I love a good solid peat every now and then, I tend to like more balance in my whisky... however... I just tried the Octomore 6.3 Islay Barley (258ppm). It was exquisite. It didn't taste like a 5 year old whisky, it didn't even taste that uncannily peaty. It tasted balanced and complex and smoky and ashy and chewy... truly a phenomenal dram. If you have the money to spend on it... I'd say yes - it's worth it.

@OCeallaigh If you like peat but prefer complexity and nuance might I recommend you try Amrut peated (or even better, the peated CS)? The peat is quite prominent, especially if warmed using the Ashok Manoeuvre, but there are layers of aromas and flavours, quite magical indeed.

Yes, yes and yes! I bought two bottles so far the Octomore 6.1 and the Octomore 7.2. Both in discount for € 99,- a bottle. The 6.1 is empty now. I've enjoyed every drop! 5 years old is not a problem for peated malts, it's the quality and transparency that counts! At the moment I'm enjoying a Kilchoman Machir Bay 2014, peated whisky 5 and 6 years old, for € 38,- wonderful stuff, @nozinan Amrut Peated CS, 3 to 4 'Equator' Years old fits this profile also, € 50,- in my area. But on-topic, Octomore is King, budget wise you can choose different. If you can afford Octomore, buy it!

I've just opened a bottle of the new 10 year old.

I've been a fan of Octomore since trying 5.1. One of the best whiskies I've ever tried was a 12 year old Octomore aged in a Chateau d'Yquem cask (and it was the first cask ever filled with Octomore spirit - a little piece of history!) during a warehouse tasting at Bruichladdich.

This one reminds me of those magic drops. Classic, aggressive Octomore peat on the nose, but the palate is much more mellow and refined (where both peat and alcohol are concerned). The grenache cask gives this bottle a wonderful fruity sweetness.

I consider the 95 or so pounds for a standard Octomore to be worth it, and even at 155 pounds, this one is worth the difference in price. I might even get another bottle before it's too late.

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@Nozinan Do you have anything in particular in mind? I don't see much mention of the Octomores.

What I meant was, the prices you are quoting are too expensive for me to consider. Yes, Octomore is fabulous. But I could get 4 just as fabulous bottles of Amrut peated CS for the same price (and probably get by with half as many...)

@Nozinan Well, to each his own.

@Anxyous Absolutely. If you have the means an the inclination, it's a high quality expression.

If money were no object I'm sure I would get a few too.

@Anxyous,

4.2 Comus also was aged in Chateau d'Yquem casks and is something I would pay $200 for.

@paddockjudge so if I find a bottle of comus 4.2 in Calgary for less than $200 you want me to pick it up? what if I find 3?

@Nozinan,

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How would you compare Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2008 with Octomore 7.3 Islay Barley? Two different monsters? Any similarities?

I recently opened my bottle of 7.3 Islay Barley, and maaaan is this fantastic. I would happily pay $200 for another bottle of this. I am hoping the prices are still around $150 in Calgary when I am there in April as I will be stocking up on a few more for sure.