Bruichladdich reviews

Cuvée 640 is a Bruichladdich that got a finish on a… cognac cask! The label states overigens ‘Oh Mensch! Gieb Acht! Was spricht die tiefe mitternacht?’ which is the opening line from ‘Also Sprach Zara…

Cuvée… the name says it all. This is one of three 21 year old Bruichladdich malts that was finished – in this case on sweet Barsac and Sauternes casks. It has a beautiful bronze color. This Laddie was…

This private cask was selected by 5 Dutch friend, but in the end is an homage to Ronald Janssen who unfortunately passed away before the bottling took place. It’s a 10 years old Laddie that matured on…

Huge thanks to @wierdo for this sample. Wasnt going to do a review but have been compelled to share my surprise and enjoyment of my first contact with this. Nose, such a surprise as the peat isn't…

I scrapped my original intro to this review, I should have called this series "against the grain" or "down with big Ag" all kidding aside, I don't mean to come off as preachy, I am just trying to gather…

It would not have been that long ago that most distilleries would have sourced their barley from within their locality or at the very least their own country to meet their needs. As production of most…

In the summer/fall of 2018, Bruichladdich issued new editions of it's "provenance" driven whiskys, the 2010 edition of it's Islay Barley variant, the 2009 Organic barley and the 2008 Bere Barley. Right…

I'm trying to work through some samples these days, as they've really accumulated. It's tough work, but I'm nothing if not driven. This is a sample of the (sadly) discontinued Laddie Ten from Bruichla…

Black Arts has become the oldest regular expression of the Bruichladdich portfolio. It is basically composed of 20± year old pre-closure stock that had been matured or finished in various types of casks…

The final dram in my "whine" cask exploration series, Bruichladdich's Black Arts series is the one that has the most marketing malarkey, no one but the Master Blender knows it's composition (except…