Bruichladdich reviews

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…

Belgian bottler Klubb23 selected this cask of Bruichladdich for the Dram Brothers Whisky Society Grand Duchy of Luxembourg... that's a mouthful, right? It contains a young Laddie that matured in a…

I was recently a guest at the whisky festival in Toulouse and ran into my French companion Xavier who pressed this sample into my hand. It contains a 28-year-old Laddie that was bottled by the Scotch…

This review is from a bottle I've had open for around 2 years now. I couldn't tell you how much is left in the bottle because they're a sodding jet black colour that no light will penetrate! From the…

This review is from a sample kindly provided by @Timp. I also have a bottle of a different Octomore release open so I'll be doing a comparison between the two.Nose (neat)Pretty much exactly as you'd…

This Laddie from the Single Cask Series by Cadenhead was bottled especially for the Dutch importer Bresser & Timmer. By now it is nowhere to be found, but thanks to my whisky buddy in Holland with an…

Sample sent to me. I was expecting peat from the name and bottling art.But it's peat free.Nose: Big big fruity, apricot, toffee apple, candle wax, Christmas cake, raisin, fig, medjool date, green cut…

Lots already said about Octomore so I'll keep it brief. I think this is the year where they kind of settled the formula bit. 156PPM this is all ex-bourbon cask. Matured five years in ex-American whiskey…

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.…

Warm sweet oily mouth mouth coating arrival, developing a lemon fruit and coastal sea side long rich peaty slow finish.