Bruichladdich 17 Year Old Bottled 1980s Duthies

Bruichladdich 25 Year Old 1994 Black Art 07.1

The most recent release in the Black Art Series was put together from casks that were laid down in 1994. This is the year in which the distillery closed for a long time. It was only reopened by Mark Reynier and his team in 2001. The little booklet that comes with the bottle states ‘Cask type: only Adam knows’. That’s Adam Hannett, the young Master...

Score 88/100

Bruichladdich Links - St Andrews Swilcan Bridge

Nose: interesting combination of sweet exotic fruit and a salty whiff of sea air. Very fragrant. Peach, kumquat, apple candy. Passion fruit. Mango. Fruit syrup and orange marmalade. A touch of mint and a hint of smoke. Excellent. Mouth: oily delivery. The fruit is more subdued now, but still candied with some orange peel and apple. More smoke....

Score 85/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Octomore is known for being the most heavily peated whisky in the world. It is not a distillery (it used to be one, though), but a recipe that is distilled and bottled by Bruichladdich in long, thin black bottles. This Ochadamh-mor matured for 5 years on American oak and was bottled at cask strength. It has a ppm of 167. While the peat is...

Score 86/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 2008 Virgin Oak cask sample

This Octomore has not yet been released. It was the encore at the Bruichladdich Masterclass with Allan Logan at a festival in Belgium. It has a great dark color that it got from the fresh oak it matured on. Yep, this is Octomore Virgin Oak. It is not a peat monster on the nose. More like a bashful creature with lovely touches of sherry....

Score 91/100