Bruichladdich 1988 20 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Octomore is known for being the most heavily peated whisky in the world. It is not a distillery (it used to be one, though), but a recipe that is distilled and bottled by Bruichladdich in long, thin black bottles. This Ochadamh-mor matured for 5 years on American oak and was bottled at cask strength. It has a ppm of 167. While the peat is...

Score 86/100

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 12 Year Old Alchemist

This Bruichladdich was bottled by Alchemist (actually Alc-Hem-Ist, but what the heck), the company run by Gordon Wright, whose family owns Springbank. Wright, together with Mark Reynier and Simon Coughlin, bought the Islay distillery in 2001. This bottle contains whisky that was distilled in April 1993 and bottled in April 2006. And still a 12...

Score 77/100

Bruichladdich Waves

Nose: soaked raisins and vanilla. A little more peat than I expected. Some maritime / grassy notes. A fruity, sweet edge coming from the madeira wine. Mouth: malty start with quite a lot of spices. Another wave of vanilla. Sweet liquorice in the background, and something slightly minty. Finish: medium-long on mellow peat, spices and berries. A...

Score 79/100