Bruichladdich reviews

Octomore, the heavily peated malt from Bruichladdich, released its second edition of the 10 year old in 2016. It matured on first fill bourbon and Grenace Blanc casks. Grenache Blanc is a white grape…

Bruichladdich on a Rioja wine cask… that sounds interesting. La Rioja is one of Spain’s most prestigious wine regions. And while they do make white and rosé wines, Rioja is mostly known for its reds,…

This is most heavily-peated octomore to date (309ppm!!), but remember this is pre-distillation so actual post distillation ppm will be much lower, but still this is HUGE. Following a carefully controlled…

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…

Nose: Starts quite sweet with vanilla, tablet, with some farmy notes, Scottish tablet, and a whiff of sea breeze, the smoke is quite sweet, and mixed with vanilla and honey suckle. very nice all in all…

At any rate, Octomore 7.1 is made from Barley grown on the mainland (not quite Octomore farm as one would come to think), peated to 208 PPM and bottled at 59.5% after a 5-year aging period in American…

Octomore Farm 2009 [private cask bottling] DECEMBER 6, 2017GAL GRANOV 0A few days ago, I met a bunch of good friends, who appreciate good whisky for our monthly dramming session which happens to take…

As the title says, i find it like lemon butter sponge cake on the nose, but then on the palate seems dry and nutty and the barley comes through.

What can one say about Octomore that hasn't been said before? Is this whisky all about muscular posturing (my peat's bigger than yours)? Is it for peat nerds who must own every single edition (like…

I had the pleasure of drinking a dram of Octomore 2.1 with my buddy last night. This is a whisky that does not need appraisal. You love it or you hate it. It is a TKO anyway.Nose: Peat. Lots of peat.…