Bruichladdich Valinch Ghost Ship

Bruichladdich Octomore Edition 7.1 Aged 5 Years

This sample comes from my lovely girlfriend Pamela Singh, from a bottle she got for Christmas (hmmmm.....wonder who gave it to her?) I think that bottle was opened early January. As you may know, Octomore is the "super-heavily peated" expression of Bruichladdich, bottled at cask strength. Like everything else that comes from that...

Score 95/100

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

The Laddie Ten can be seen as a landmark for the distillery and the Bruichladdich team. The first ten year old under the new owners. Being new to the wonderfull world of whisky tasting, I was really drawn by the story behind this bottle. The way it is created (old fashioned) and the people behind it are the reasons I picked this bottle up. The...

Score 88/100

Bruichladdich Waves 7 Year Old

Bruichladdich from the past. Well, a few years at least. That’s when I bought a set of three miniatures, but so far I did not get round to tasting them. I’ll make time now. I will start with this Waves. Lovely fresh nose full of grasses and some earth. Farmy too. Saddle and raw broccoli. Smell quite young though. Oh, wait… it is. After a few...

Score 81/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 8.2, Travel retail

Nose: This one’s fruitier alright, with quite some red fruit, as the wine casks are at work. There’s some smoke on the nose, but it’s only playing 2nd violin to the fruity goodness.There’s some candied orange, as well as red fruit,spices , a hint of apple strudel and then some more sooty notes, rather rich. Palate: Fruit leather, BBQ’ed ripe...

Score 86/100