Bruichladdich 1986 15 Year Old

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 06.1 Scottish Barley

Octomore is an experimental Bruichladdich. Every year they present this limited edition heavily peated whisky in iconic black bottles. The two latest batches were boasting a phenol level of 167 ppm. Edition number 6 is the first one that carries the new tag line “Scottish Barley”. It exists of three different expressions: the standard 6.1 batch...

Score 89/100

Bruichladdich Peat

This is certainly one peaty whisky. Put your nose in the glass and you are met with boggy, mossy peat, as well as leafy/papery smoke and a light mothball sweetness. Yet for all that peat it comes across soft on the nose. It is much spicier in the mouth, though water or ice softens it. Very peaty as it spreads across the tongue. Lacks the ashen...

Score 81/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 7.2

Octomore series have the highest peat levels – 208 ppm for this particular expression – in the market compared to more popular ‘Heavily Peated’ expressions from Ardbeg and Laphroaig whereas the peat levels remain around 40 -50 ppm. Jim McEwan, Ex-Head Distiller, created this series as a retaliation to those who dismissed Bruichladdich’s lack of...

Score 82/100

Bruichladdich Sherry Classic

It is a bit of a misnomer, because it leads you to believe this whisky matured on sherry casks. That is not the case. It matured on bourbon casks and got a finish on sherry casks from the Bodega Rey Fernando de Castilla (who provide Laddie with all of their sherry casks). The process of finishing is often reffered to as ACEing by Laddie. It is...

Score 69/100