Today, we go back into the ring for the belt. Octomore vs Port Charlotte. This time we bring you two red wine forward peat monsters. Let the smoke show begin. Join us on Patreon @ / topshelfwhisky
These two are in my top five malts of all time. I paid $130 for the PMC and $170 for the 14.2. By the way, you mentioned the PMC was younger, but the PMC is nine years old, and 14.2 is five years old. . .
I think once peat levels are over 40-50 ppm we can’t pick up the difference I’ve noticed it it on a lot of whiskey and of course being young it does hold on to the peat more but I agree we need time 7-9 years has been the sweet spot for my palette. Cheers on a great comparison
Thanks for the side by side comparison. Have seen other channels also say that the PC cask exploration series bottles are comparable to Octomore at a fraction of the price. Been through two bottles of the MRC:01 and have one more put away and loved the red wine peat punch it delivers. Cheers guys
Great comparison video. I've only tried one Octomore (11.2?) and it was a fantastic experience. But price for a bottle.....not so fantastic in the grand scheme of what else is available on the market. I have/tried the last three Experimental Cask expressions, the PAC, SC and PMC and while never as wild as the Octomore tasting was, they all had very interesting angles and characteristics that haven't had me pine over missing out on the more readily findable $250-300 Octomore series. Thanks guys!
Side note, Cam over on Drums & Drams tried my samples of PAC and PMC vs the Port Charlotte 18 on a recent live stream. He thought that PMC was overly finished for his tastes but concluded the 18 was the easy winner at perhaps $55-60 more. As you mentioned in the video "Age does matter."
@@javieracosta3439 interesting, the 18 for me is certainly over finished itself. These are designed to showcase those finishes. I don't know why the 18 needed so much. But we haven't done that side by side yet.
Is it an echo chamber when you confirm my thoughts? If someone else is buying at a bar, I'd take the octomore simply because I e never tried one. Always looking for a new PC release and willing to pay an extra $50 over Laph10 CS or $35 more than Cairdeas.
wait till you try the new Cairdeas! Review will be 2-3 months off due to us knocking out some reviews to get ahead. But expect that to contend for value bottle of the year.
