Octomore 11.1 from Islay’s Bruichladdich Distillery one again shows off heavily-peated single malt, but does so with brilliant poise and restraint – it’s super peaty, but it’s not absurd and unpalatable. This particular edition is a 5 year old expression, distilled using Scottish Concerto and Propino barley, then matured in first-fill American whiskey casks from Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam and Heaven Hill.