Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old First Edition

Next up is the First Edition of the Bruichladdich 10 Year Old. Note that this is not the current bottle design, but a slightly older one (but distilled no earlier than December 2000 when the distillery was purchased buy Murray McDavid and re-opened). The colour is a medium yellow. On the nose, quite herbal with mint and sage. Fruity with green...

Score 89/100

Bruichladdich Organic 2010

The term Organic refers to the fact that this whisky was produced in a traditional and green way. Biodynamic as they say. It even got a quality label from the Bio Dynamic Argicultural Association. The first Organic appeared in 2009, this is the most recent. As can be seen on the label, the barley used for its production comes from three Scottish...

Score 75/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 05.1 169ppm

Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1/169 ppm gave me a nice mix of nature and high tech. Because I assimilated the Octomore 'Comus' with 007 Quantum of Solace, why not reference this one with 007 Skyfall. Like Skyfall, the Octomore 5.1 managed to top it's predecessor. This was very much like the 'Comus' but it had a bit more versatile nose and the taste and...

Score 87/100

Bruichladdich 1994 12 Year Old Kosher Wine Finish

So, the folks over at 'Laddie came out with some bottles which were finished in a kosher wine cask from Mt. Carmel. Rumor has it, they were only distributed in the general New York City area which is 20% Jewish - you gotta love target marketing! I have some friends that keep kosher so I figured, before I suggest a new "finished" dram to...

Score 55/100