Bruichladdich 18 1979 / 1997 Cadenhead 56.1%
Lots of sweet oaky lactones, brown sugar and a slew of dry tobacco and leather. Maillard reaction but also pitchers of fresh grass juice from the spirit. A distinct sweet-sour green … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 16 yo 1968 / 1968 for Intertrade 55.5%
The 21 and 15 by Intertrade were excellent, lets see about this one. Well there is depth but not a particularly easy one. Thin resins and brittle old waxes, old … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 13 yo 2010 / 2024 #2121 for Cyrus & Aloha 62.5%
Massive is an understatement, both in terms of power but also flavour. Here all blackwood and dripping teak oil on geological layers of wood soot and a burnt assemblage of … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 24 yo 1965 / 1990 Turatello 54.2%
Bruichladdich 24 yo 1965 / 1990 Turatello 54.2% Fruity but in the overripe vine laden sense, meaning musky cantaloupe and honeydews, oranges and peaches left out to ripen too long … Continue reading
Imperial 25 yo 1995 / 2021 Single Malts of Scotland #7861 54% vs Bruichladdich 23 yo 1978 / 2001 John Armit Wines 51%
Imperial 25 yo 1995 / 2021 Single Malts of Scotland #7861 54% Cold pastry cream, vanilla pods, new white wood and plenty of warm wax, which lean more towards paraffin … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1964 / 1986 Intertrade 51.8% vs Bruichladdich 15 yo 1969 / 1985 Intertrade 54%
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1964 / 1986 Intertrade 51.8% Heavily fruit, in oily brown tones on the verge of ferment, presents a dense nose. The musky fruit, like overripe honeydew, buoys … Continue reading
Port Charlotte 12 yo 2004 Highland Laird 57.3% vs Octomore 6.1 / 167 5 yo 57% vs Octomore 7.1 / 208 5 yo 59.5%
Port Charlotte 12 yo 2004 Highland Laird 57.3% Seawater and a clean almost crispy peat that evokes uprooted shrubs laid out in the sun, roots chopped up and ground into … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1993 / 2015 Douglas Laing DL10706 51.5% vs Bruichladdich 25 yo 1992 / 2017 Cadenhead 175th Anniv 53.8%
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1993 / 2015 Douglas Laing DL10706 51.5% Somewhat shy on the nose, but oaky ex-bourbon notes are evident, as is rucola and mustard. Somewhat harsh. Despite some … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1992 / 2014 Duncan Taylor #3987 49.7% vs Bruichladdich 22 yo 1991 / 2014 Gleann Mor #2270 55.9%
Bruichladdich 21 yo 1992 / 2014 Duncan Taylor #3987 49.7% Great years at Bruichladdich. Fresh, zingy, cut limes, cut grass, parsley, green apples, green kiwis and other tangy unripe fruit. … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 25 yo 1958 Cadenhead, Macallan 15 yo 1946 Securo, Macallan 1962, Springbank 1965 Moon Import The Birds #367, Glenfiddich 29 yo 1956 Intertrade, Clynelish 1974 Modern Masters, Caol Ila 21 yo 1968 for Intertrade, Glen moray 25 yo 1959 Samaroli, Glen Grant 21 yo 1972 Whyte & Whyte, Talisker 1979 Whyte & Whyte
Sample night! So short notes only. Bruichladdich 25 yo 1958 / 1984 Cadenhead Peated yes, but not hugely so. The sort of phenols that’s been transmuted to a secondary level. … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 25 yo 1991 #2490 & 2491 Dun Bheagan Ian Macleod 48.1% vs Bruichladdich 24 yo 1992 Black Art 5.1 48.4%
… or ‘One wonders why the wine’, or alternatively ‘What wonders the wine wrought’, depending on which camp you fall into, red or blue, left or right, Rebels or Empire. … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 1970 vs Bruichladdich 15 yo 1965 Moon Import decanter ‘Royal Wedding’
I quite like the Bruichladdichs from the independents, distilled in the early 90s and ONLY those matured in refill bourbon. Fresh, elegant and fruity, and very honest. Older Bruichladdichs are … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 1991/2015 Gordon & Macphail #2775 2776 2780 vs Kininvie Batch 2 23 yo 1990
So I don’t have a lot of Bruichladdich – I just happened to have had a few heavily wine finished ones early one and never looked back. Which is a … Continue reading
Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, 50%
Sometimes I wonder if I am overlooking something in Bruichladdich. It’s easy to do so when one talks about Islay and by the conversation it seems that there are only 3 … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 15 yo ‘Links’ series, Birkdale, England
A smokeless whisky from Islay? Yup. Those familiar with Bruichladdich would know the story of it’s convalescence and revival, and the stock of old whisky ‘rescued’ by wood finishing in … Continue reading
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