Bruichladdich 1967 32 Year Old Cask #967 First Cask

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Creosote and smoke with burning driftwood. Unique nose with some fruit. On the palate, the sweet and peat comingle elegantly with an herbed element surfacing. Viscous mouthfeel that delights the buds. Fruit creeps in with lush grapes and Asian pears. Finish is uncommonly long, continuing the theme of sweet and peat nicely with a bit of citrus, as...

Score 92/100

Bruichladdich 24 Year Old 1988 Malts of Scotland

This Laddie was bottled especially for the Islay Whisky Dinner 2012 by Malts of Scotland. It is their first Bruichladdich, by the way. That surprises me somewhat, since they seem to favour Islay whiskies (or is that just me?). The prickly nose is very expressive with stable and sea scents in the lead, followed and conquered by leather, beeswax,...

Score 91/100

Bruichladdich 1989 Black Art 19 Year Old

The Black Arts Series 3, Matte black bottle. 1 oz pour at Jack Rose in DC. Into Glencairn glass. Pours quite dark caramel amber. Nose is thicker sweet dessert, no alcohol heat. Soft, sweet honey, caramel, berries. Taste is really soft. Dessert like. Tannic and dry up front. Long sweet berry and rum raisin. Even some fruity dessert like blueberry,...

Score 92/100

Bruichladdich Peat

Nose: youthfulness leads to a bit of an isopropyl alcohol, a bit astringent, soft vanilla, fresh fruit come across, followed by a ripe manure scent, peat is apparent but soft, non-medicinal (nothing like a Laphroaig or Ardbeg) Body: much like the Penderyn I just reviewed, the Peat is clearly a younger whisky, although it would be hard to tell by...

Score 80/100