In the age of the McDram, where whisky is a booming business and distilleries churn out bottles – this question has never been more important:..

Those of you who know your whisky labels, or just your Islay whisky, will notice that the image up there features an old Bruichladdich logo…

169. That’s the level of peat stated as phenol in ‘parts per million’. 169ppm. It means that the folk at Bruichladdich have basically smoked the..

When you think about your average single malt whisky, it can involve barley taken from anywhere in the country – maybe even further afield. The..

To my friends (and whoever will listen) I go on about Bruichladdich rather a lot. Suffice to say: I reckon they’re the best distillery in Scotland…

Bruichladdich – fiery, brave little distillery based on Islay – have over the past 10 years been releasing some fascinating experiments. Not all have hit..

Ten years ago, the gates of Bruichladdich distillery opened and they began distilling once again. It was a new venture, financed on a small-scale, and..

Terroir. Not the level of Stella Artois, this (though, one for poets, I guess it at least rhymes). In fact, it’s quite the opposite of..