Octomore 5 Year Old Edition 01.1

Bruichladdich Cuvee 640 / Eroica / 21 Year Old

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 Zarathustra’ (can you hear the music?) from German philosopher Nietzche. You still there? Anyway, this Laddie is unpeated and 21 years old. Salted Granny...

Score 84/100

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old The Laddie Ten

As I run out of time before I can no longer post to Connosr, I have been getting to a number of reviews I’ve meant to do for a very long time. On April 14 I prepared tasting notes for 5 Bruichladdich expressions, and this one is number 4. In the middle of the last decade the Whisky industry was “running out of numbers”. There was a big push to...

Score 85/100

Bruichladdich Classic Laddie Scottish Barley

Last week it was announced that near the end of the month, Connosr will cease to exist as an interactive site. The site will be available as “read-only” going forward. As someone who has enjoyed reading reviews, and has learned so much by writing reviews, I thought I would get as many in as I can in the coming week before my cabinet is sealed for...

Score 87/100

Bruichladdich Peat

This is certainly one peaty whisky. Put your nose in the glass and you are met with boggy, mossy peat, as well as leafy/papery smoke and a light mothball sweetness. Yet for all that peat it comes across soft on the nose. It is much spicier in the mouth, though water or ice softens it. Very peaty as it spreads across the tongue. Lacks the ashen...

Score 81/100