Bruichladdich 27 Year Old Stillman's Dram

Bruichladdich 18 Year Old 1992 for The Nectar

The Belgian bottler The Nectar, recently rechristened The Nectar of the Daily Drams, got its own bottling in the Bruichladdich Micro Provenance Series. This 18 Year Old from 1992 was finished (at Laddie they say ACEd, meaning Additional Cask Enhanced) on a calvados cask. So I am expecting apples and pears. The sweet smokiness on the nose is easily...

Score 83/100

Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2006

Very light pale straw colour. Intense aniseed hit on the nose and on the approach, mellowing to liquorice with a little water. The fizzy Love Hearts tang from the bere barley is present, but you have to know what you're looking for and go hunting for it; otherwise, it's overpowered by the smoky peatiness you get from any Islay whisky.

Score 80/100

Bruichladdich 20 Year Old 'Flirtation' (2nd Edition)

Long warming finish of syrup, spice and peat - with a lingering but not overpowering slight peat smoke. Actually tastes very much like Highland Park 18 year old. An absolute classic Islay malt.

Score 87/100

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

The label proclaims that "The first 10 years are the toughest." Indeed. For the new owners of the distillery, their first ten years must have seemed interminable: awaiting the release of their own maturing stock; attempting to balance the books by selling new make spirit and the backlog of acquired whisky through various marketing...

Score 85/100