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August 8, 2013

Bruichladdich Distillery Visit

It is no secret that I like Bruichladdich whisky. But my appreciation for the distillery isn’t just about good single malts. Its recent history has..

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August 5, 2013

The Trip to Islay

First of all, behold the purchases: I’ll say that was a productive trip… Anyway, first and foremost, it was my honeymoon – and both my..

June 6, 2013

Bruichladdich 2003 Port Cask Matured

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…

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April 22, 2013

Crows Nest Films at Bruichladdich

I saw this video linked to from the Bruichladdich Facebook page and thought it was a lovely little few minutes of footage. There are some..

January 7, 2013

Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1

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..

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December 17, 2012

10 Great Scottish Single Malts That Don’t Cost The Earth

Edit: this post was originally written a little while ago, and the whisky industry has since started charging a lot more for single malts. But..

November 7, 2012

Port Charlotte – The 10 Year Old

Stroll down the road from Bruichladdich and you’ll end up at Port Charlotte. It used to be known as the Lochindaal distillery from 1829 to..

September 10, 2012

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2006 – Dunlossit Farm

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

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August 29, 2012

New Releases

There have been a few interesting new bottles of whisky that have caught my eye this week. Firstly, Diageo have announced their 2012 range of..

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August 18, 2012

Islay Barley

This is one for the whisky geeks among you. Bruichladdich distillery have been releasing a series of Islay Barley whiskies recently, one of which I’ve..

July 22, 2012

Bruichladdich Renaissance Feis Ile 2011

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…

July 5, 2012

Bruichladdich 17 Year Old Rum Cask

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

June 15, 2012

Port Charlotte An Turas Mor

A couple of miles down the road from Bruichladdich lies the Port Charlotte distillery. As the ‘Lochindaal’ distillery, it ran from 1829 until 1929 before closing down…

June 14, 2012

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old

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..

May 1, 2012

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2004 – Kentraw Farm Foreland

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..

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