Bruichladdich 10 Year Old (old label)

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

The tin and bottle are loud and proud. They scream "look at me" with stylised teal coloured packaging and design. I was a little unsure of this bottle but my misgivings were misplaced. This is delightful and its self confidence is not misplaced. On the nose you get salty sea air, sweet honey and peaty vegetation. By adding a tiny drop...

Score 89/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 8.1 (Scottish Barley Masterclass), 8 yo

Nose: Starts quite sweet with vanilla, tablet, with some farmy notes, Scottish tablet, and a whiff of sea breeze, the smoke is quite sweet, and mixed with vanilla and honey suckle. very nice all in all. Palate: More vanilla and Crème brûlée, with ash, dry smoke, more honey and sweet malt, cereal and a touch of condensed milk sweetened with...

Score 85/100

Bruichladdich 5.1 5 Year Old

It's whisky to wow the senses. * Nose: all over the place. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a nose which addressed so many different aspects of a whisky compass. There is hickory BBQ smoke, a juniper and gin aspect, thrown in with HP sauce, nashi pear, PEAT SMOKE, pineapple, confectionary sweets and a herbal mint thing going on at 61.5% it’s pretty...

Score 92/100

Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2010

The Bere Barley releases are an experimentation by Bruichladdich in using older barley types that whisky used to be made with that produced a lower yield so were superceded by barley strains that were more profitable. The whisky is 8 years old. Bottle has been open about 2 months and is around a quarter full. Can be drunk neat. But best with a...

Score 84/100