Bruichladdich First Growth Cuvee A: Pauillac Chateau Lafite 16 Year

Bruichladdich Cask 3627 - 19 Yr (Signatory Bottling)

This is a Signatory bottling of a 19 yr single cask Bruichladdich. This is the second best scotch I have experienced (approximately 80 including 40 or so different bottles - yes, I know that still makes me a newbie - but I a much more refined newbie than my original Aberlour 18 review!!). There is obviously no finishing of this - and I have come...

Score 94/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 04.1

Heavy peated blast gives way to gentale smokey notes of fall leaf raking into burning piles, followed by floral, vanilla, oak. Long slow oily soft peated fruit finish. The best Scotch whisky ever created by God.

Score 100/100

Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2006

Gift sample from a friend Nose: Light smoke and malty. Waxy and a little crystallized dried fruit. Almost reminds me of a classic Clynelish. Vanilla and slightly creamy lemon. It smells a little sweet, with very light petrol and a nervous, sour flowery note. Pleasant, if not a bit simple and straightforward. Palate: Sweet cereal, vanilla, smoke,...

Score 82/100

Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 06.1 Scottish Barley

The peat bombs that Bruichladdich markets under the name Octormore are usually quite fruity and quaffable. This Ochdamh Mor is 5 years old and was released in 2013. The peat level is 167 ppm, but that does not mean a whole lot taste-wise, as you are about to read. This is probably the most brackish nose I have ever had on a whisky. Nothing but...

Score 84/100