Bruichladdich 21 Year Old 1990 cask 8937 Directors' Cut Douglas Laing

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

I’m rather surprised to be one of the first to review this whisky, given the attention it’s received in the forums and blogs during the last year. It took a while to find its way here to northwest Indiana, and I’ve been drooling in anticipation like my dog waiting for the remnants of a bacon cheeseburger. I visited my local libationist this...

Score 92/100

Octomore Orpheus 5 Year Old Edition 2.2

One of my good friends and I had recently went out to a couple of different whisky bars/restaurants here in Perth. It'd been an odd coincidence considering that he'd been discussing a couple of new restaurants (he's a foodie) and I'd been talking about a couple of new whisky bars that I'd recently heard about on Facebook. We were flabbergasted...

Score 96/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 10 Year Old 2016 2nd Edition

Octomore, the heavily peated malt from Bruichladdich, released its second edition of the 10 year old in 2016. It matured on first fill bourbon and Grenace Blanc casks. Grenache Blanc is a white grape that was originally grown in Spanje, but can now also be found in France. The wines are usually quite dry, soft and fruity with loads of aniseed,...

Score 84/100

Bruichladdich 18 Year Old 1992 for The Nectar

The Belgian bottler The Nectar, recently rechristened The Nectar of the Daily Drams, got its own bottling in the Bruichladdich Micro Provenance Series. This 18 Year Old from 1992 was finished (at Laddie they say ACEd, meaning Additional Cask Enhanced) on a calvados cask. So I am expecting apples and pears. The sweet smokiness on the nose is easily...

Score 83/100