Bruichladdich reviews

deeep peat!

Simple and nice expression. Young. Nose: candy, apple pie, bit of peat Palate: toffee, bit of spices, cocoa, bit of peat Finish: coffee, chocolate, toffee, peat

$24 2oz pour at Jack Rose in DC. Pours light gold, viscous, with ridiculous varicose veins along the snifter. Nose like the PC7 is really hot hot and mega volatile alcohol heat begging a different ser…

Notes from a phone...On opening, citrus, vanilla, ButtercupThen later, vanilla ice cream, creme brulee, sunflower seeds, faint whiffs of engine oilBody: vegetable matter, white pepper and button mushr…

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the peatiest of them all?We’re back in the peat wars, and the newest addition of Bruichladdich is this Octomore 4.2 “Comus”, rated at a whopping 167 ppm.As you know I’ve…

Comus was the son of Bacchus, God of wine. This latest version of Octomore was matured in bourbon oak with a finish in French oak casks that held Sauternes dessert wine from Chateau d’Yquem. It contains…

This whisky goes in 2 directions for me. The first part is really nice, the nose and the palate.I got some Sherry-like smell in the nose, although this one is not matured in sherry-casks. It's finished…

Was very excited about this, a whisky made wholly from spirit distilled after Bruichladdich stated operations again in 2001.Nose: Vinilla, ginger, white tea, pine tree, slight lemon zest, salty sea…

Nose: Clean crisp alcohol, strong smoke, ashes, coals, granny smith apples, slight note of dry white winePalate: Thick and oily, unique mouth texture, lemons and dried orange rind, rise of huge thick…

Nose: Red wine, citrus rinds, red fruits, slight greasiness, some note that smells like rope (that old, non-plastic kind)Palate: Very silk like, thick, dessert spices, citrus peel oils, interesting…