Category Archives: Bruichladdich
Bruichladdich 15, 2008, Cask 1454, 50% – Stirk Brothers
Back when David Stirk was head-honcho of the Creative Whisky Company there were ups and downs for the bottler. As soon as he did things with normal casks, the whiskies were thoroughly enjoyable, but the ones with the Exclusive Casks … Continue reading
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Bruichladdich 30, 1988-2018, Bourbon Hogshead, 48.9% – Cadenhead’s
Old Bruichladdich can be hit or miss. As in, the distillery was highly inconsistent in the quality of its output spirit. Since the reopening in 2001 it still is but the spirit is far more consistent. The new inconsistency is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead, Islay, Single Malt, Whiskey, Whisky
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Bruichladdich 13, 2009-2023, First Fill Bourbon Barrel 3618, 60.8% – Whiskybase
So, last year Whiskybase released this Bruichladdich and since it is a Bruichladdich from a bourbon cask I wanted it. Of course, I should have gotten two, but on the other hand I keep wanting to try new stuff, not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Islay, Whisky, Whiskybase
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Bruichladdich 15, 2007-2023, Château Climens Hogshead, 53.2% – Campbeltown Malts Festival
Since this bottle was added to Whiskybase by my whisky buddy Erik, I presume the sample also came from him. Memory gets foggy with all these samples, and all this alcohol (making that joke before anyone else does). Generally I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Islay, Wine cask
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Bruichladdich 22, 1991-2014, Hogshead 2270, 55.9% – Whiskybroker
I was going to start this review by stating that I really like trying Bruichladdichs from before their restart in 2001. That would have been too much information in a way, since I like trying Bruichladdichs no matter what. Maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Islay, Whiskybroker
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Octomore 11.1, 5 years old, 2014-2020, 59.4%, 139.6ppm
So, no bridge between weeks of reviews this time. Can’t think of anything that isn’t ridiculously far fetched. This Octomore is peated to 139.6 ppm. If my information is correct, that the is the amount of phenols measured in the … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 12, 2008-2021, Barrel 1710, 59.6% – Archives for the Whiskybase Shop
After last week’s Islay theme, I wanted to do an Archives theme this week. As in, not necessarily Archives, but things from Whiskybase, since they also release stuff under that label. I guess a transition should be done by doing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, Archives, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Islay, Whiskybase
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Bruichladdich 1986-1996, 57.2% – Scott’s Selection
So, three days ago I talked about starting off 2023 with reviews of some Islay whiskies. Somehow, in my mind this transformed into a week of ‘old’ Islay whiskies and that is obviously not something I can keep up. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, Bourbon Cask, Bruichladdich, Islay, Scott's Selection
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