Bruichladdich 1988 Pig Society Valinch

Bruichladdich Octomore 8 Year Old 2008 Masterclass 08.1/167

An Octomore of 8 years old on American Oak? Well, I expect a very sweet, smoky malt, right? Let’s see if that’s true. There are only light farmy notes on the nose, with a touch of vanilla and smoke, but this nose is mostly about ham and cheese. I kid you not, this reminds me of Comté, the hard French cheese from the Jura region. Some citrus in the...

Score 85/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 4.2 Comus

Great bottle: the white box is for white wine (Sauterne) cask that have been used. Great whisky: it smells, tastes and feels like good pipe tobacco. Everything is in adequation, the smell, the taste, the finish. It makes me think about the rear of a smoky old pub, with a cracking fire in a corner, and some fresh flowers with their fragrance...

Score 96/100

Octomore Orpheus 5 Year Old Edition 2.2

sample from a friend I remember really adoring this a year or two ago when I sampled it from a friend's bottle. Let's see how it we're viewing it now. Nose: Very curious and far darker than my recollections. Smoky and heavy pig in soy sauce over a bonfire, coated in very heavily salted sea-weed. There are also a few distinct rubber notes. Perhaps...

Score 92/100

Bruichladdich Waves 7 Year Old

This was one of the first Bruichladdichs i've tasted. back than i was not aware of the more flowery sweet noses the laddie is known for, and it took me by surprise. the nose is indeed sweet, like a smoky lolipop, flowers and heather galore. the palate is again, very slightly peaty. it's as if the peat is underneath, but is not surfacing up. quite...

Score 80/100