Soba45
Octomore 10 Year Dialogos Third Edition (2017 Release)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
December 5, 2019 (edited December 4, 2021)
The Santa chronicles #3. A long long time ago (last xmas to be exact) a young girl at the tender age of 5 asked her dad why the presents from Santa said 'Made in China'. Ah said the man its because Chinese elves are cheaper than those in the North Pole. "How does Santa get the presents if they are in China" she asked do the reindeer fly there to pick them up? No said the man due to the worldwide postal union it is very cheap to ship from China to the North Pole. A great man called Trump who will make things great again (except if you are Mexican, an immigrant or basically anyone who doesn't love country music) is going to sort it out so reindeer can fairly compete in international shipping again. "Why do you say he is a great man?" asked the girl "as you always swear at the tv and call him a useless idiot?". Ah said the man it's like when your mother says that to your daddy...she's showing how much she loves him. The girl persisted "If shipping is so cheap from China why dont they ship it to us instead of the North Pole" said the girl. At this point the man realised that perhaps he wasn't smarter than a 5 year old so he did what all good dad's do in this situation and patted her on the head and said "Isn't it time for tv"? He then went to his man den and celebrated his wisdom and parenting skills with a whiskey. It was a good whisky but not as awesome as this whisky. Finally said the man an Octomore deserving of the price. Fantastically balanced and with an aftertaste longer than a supermodels legs. Once again the man gave praise to Santa aka @PBMichiganWolverine for an awesome xmas present and went to bed dreaming of what the next night would bring.
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@cascode sounds great! Will be in touch :-)
@Soba45 If you're interested I know where I can get hold of a bottle of the 2016 Octomore 10 year old 2nd edition, which in the opinion of several critics (and myself) is superior to the Dialogos 10. Maybe we can do a swap for that Bottle of Old Pulteney 21 you have? The costs would be pretty much equivalent. If you're interested send me an email at [email protected]
@Soba45 I think these are long gone —or maybe silly priced in 2nd markets
@PBMichiganWolverine Yes I agree. The ones I've had I have felt have been too youngish, brash and 'here is a lot of peat, here is a lot of ethanol, I'm awesome now bend over and prepare to be shafted on price'. This was complex and perfectly blended. The taste just unfolded perfectly from the start to the finish. I actually went to try to buy a bottle but sadly no luck :-(. Thanks once again!
@1901 Cheers :-). Bar a few embellishments concerning trump it's mostly a true story. It's a sad world when your 5 year old can run rings around you figuratively and literally. But hey that's what whiskey is for too make you feel great again!
Haha! Great review. Raised a few chuckles here.
This was probably the best Octomore I’ve had—not in your fave potent, but complex and peaty enough for its 10 yr of age