Public tastings of different whiskies from around the world with a heavy focus on Australian distilleries.
In-person tastings are held regularly at the Midnight Hotel in Braddon, Canberra.
Virtual tastings are held from time to time.
Description
THIS IS A SERIES OF VIRTUAL OCTOMORE TASTING EVENTS OCCURRING BETWEEN OCTOBER 2025 & OCTOBER 2026 VIA ZOOM - AUSTRALIA WIDE DELIVERY OF TASTING KITS
Jim McEwan's answer to critics who claimed Bruichladdich didn't make peated whisky because they didn't have the skills to do it well. With "heavily peated" whisky starting at 30ppm, we'll just call Octomore's 80-308ppm "super heavily peated".
Octomore's young and cask strength spirit should be as current master distiller Adam Hannet has joked, Bruichladdich's most undrinkable whisky: "It’s too young, too strong and too peaty." Also known as "The impossible equation"; an equation that the Bruichladdich Distillery has mastered.
Join us for a series of whisky flights as we drink our way through the first decade or so of Octomore's journey - paired with a current release at each flight!
The Lineup:
Flight 1: 29th October 2025
- 01.1
- 06.3
- 07.4
- 09.2
- A Current Release
Flight 2: 26th November 2025
- 02.1
- 06.2
- 08.1
- 09.3
- A Current Release
Flight 3: 21st January 2026
- 03.1
- 07.2
- 08.4
- Renegade: Meleager
- A Current Release
Flight 4: 18th February 2026
- 04.1
- 08.3
- Ten (Edition 1)
- Renegade: Epione
- A Current Release
Flight 5: 29th April 2026
- 05.1
- 07.3
- Ten (Edition 2)
- Discovery
- A Current Release
Flight 6: 17th June 2026
- 06.1
- 08.2
- Ten (Edition 3)
- Event Horizon
- A Current Release
Flight 7: 19th August 2026
- 07.1
- 02.2
- Futures 2002
- Character of Islay Whisky Company Single Cask 9yo
- A Current Release
Flight 8: 21st October 2026
- 09.1
- 04.2
- Futures: The Beast
- Octomore Black Arts
- A Current Release
Date & Time
Oct 29 - 21, 2026