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Bruichladdich 10 Year Old 2001 Glengarry Cask Owners

The Belgian whisky club Glengarry, lead by the Flemish guru Bob Minnekeer, bottles a cask from time to time. In 2012 this Bruichladdich from 2001 was released in the famous Glengarry Cask Owners series. It matured on a sherry cask. The label says 10 Year Old, but that cannot be right. It was distilled on September 19th 2001 and bottled on July...

Score 86/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Octomore 4.2 Comus/167 ppm was a big disappointment at first that grew up to be a less of a disappointment. Just like the second Bond by Daniel Craig, Comus had high expectations. Casino Royale had been great and very hard to top. Octomores I didn't have any experience of but I surely was keen on tasting that 167 ppm’s of peatiness. To be clear,...

Score 85/100

Bruichladdich 1990 Micro Provenance Cask Evolution Château Latour

Alright the next whisky in my exploration of Wine afflicted Bruichladdich whiskys, this samples was graciously sent by a lovely chap from Calgary. The vital statistics, this was part of Bruichladdich's Micro-Provenance series, I think this was the name they gave to their single cask program, they were even once available for sale on the...

Score 83/100

Bruichladdich 15 Year Old 2nd Edition

I like Bruichladdich for their dedication to natural colour and no chill-filtration. Visited the distillery a couple of years ago on a whirlwind tour of Islay, (when I actually went to all eight distilleries in a single day - that was fun!). That's when my profile pic was taken. I think they overdo the cask finishes though and their range becomes...

Score 85/100