Bruichladdich Valinch BlandOla

Bruichladdich 1989 Black Art 2.2 21 yo

The reviewed bottle has been open for 4 weeks and began the review as nearly full. I shared this bottle with @Nock, my share being 300 ml Nose: raspberry chocolate fudge; discreet soft semi-sweet peat; underpinnings of vanilla and natural caramel from oak; the sweet and dry balance is excellent; subtle and complex; seductive. Water added made the...

Score 84/100

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC7

Nose: Considering the description "heavily peated whisky", I was pleasantly surprised not to be overwhelmed with peat. But the nose is distinctly of smoke and everything else it can conjure-- rubber and campfires. Not too much else in the smell though. Palate: Oily, and quite obviously tasting of smoke and butter. Butterscotch too, but a...

Score 86/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 05.1 169ppm

Christmas tasting at the Water of Life Society at the University of Edinburgh, perfect evening, great whiskies, good company, a perfect evening. To top it off, they had a surprise: a real "punch in the face" whisky and God, was I in for a treat. Octomore 5.1, the peatiest whisky on the planet 169 Ppm, a malt so good that I still wake up...

Score 99/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Great bottle: the white box is for white wine (Sauterne) cask that have been used. Great whisky: it smells, tastes and feels like good pipe tobacco. Everything is in adequation, the smell, the taste, the finish. It makes me think about the rear of a smoky old pub, with a cracking fire in a corner, and some fresh flowers with their fragrance...

Score 96/100