Bruichladdich 19 Year Old 50th Anniversary

Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2006

Apologies, this is the 2010 version. Thanks, again, to @wierdo for the sample. A mix of the Bere strain of barley, from various farms in Scotland, which is apparently so hardy it can grow on Orkney. It yields about 50% of what a modern grain does and is another applaudable attempt from the Progressive Hebridean Distillery to create unusual and...

Score 86/100

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 Octomore 9.3

My first taste of Octomore was back in December 2012 when I discovered the 4.1 in Calgary. I told the salesman that I had read about this in Toronto but had never seen it. He offered me a sample and it became my most expensive purchase to that date, but I have not yet opened it. I foolishly gave up the opportunity to get a number of batches at...

Score 89/100

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2004

Bruichladdich's plan with this bottle is to showcase terroir and provenance. All the "Chalice" barley used for this expression is grown a mile from the distillery, harvested in September 2004 and distilled in December. This experiment resulted in 6000 bottles, which are aged 6 years in oak. On the nose: Grass, various meadow plants...

Score 78/100