NV Bruichladdich Octomore 10yo 50%

Nose: have I ever mentioned cowsheds? This is David and Ruth Archer's threatened milking parlour... but without the milk... awww nawooo..! Taste: as ever, smoke... like someone's set fire to the barn... awww nawooo! Finish: the most intense of all finishes, as though the excess of the cowshed has been drained by marauding badgers... awwww nahooo! Balance: when I am tasting an Octomore, it means I am in the home straight inside the stadium after running (or should I say nosing and tasting) a marathon. After this, there is barely another 20 more Scotch malts to go and I am closing in on completing my 1,200 new whiskies for the year. So how does this fair? It is Octomore. It is what I expect and demand. It gives sustenance and willpower to get to that crossing line. For to tell you guys about a whisky like this is always worth it... whatever the pain and price. Because honesty and doing the right thing is beyond value. Just ask David Archer.