For the last year I have been buying and reviewing books related to whisky. This was a process which started purely to get some liver friendly content for this blog. In reality though I have enjoyed the experience much more than I thought I would. Going in, I expected to find a lot of material […]
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2011
Its about time for another Bruichladdich review as we know this is something of a regular occurrence here. There is loads of reviews and articles about the Bruichladdich distillery here on Malted which can all be read using this link. The Dram The Islay barley series taps into the distilleries obsession with Terrior. Previous versions […]
Octomore 6.1
It’s been a while since I did a review of something coming out of Bruichladdich so that had to be resolved quickly for the start of 2019. This time I have picked up a 5 year old Octomore which was released 5 years ago at the start of 2014 and weirdly is still available from […]
Claxton’s – Bruichladdich 2002
Bruichladdich is a welcome home and one distillery I know well over the first two drams in this flight. Wither its the unpeated Bruichladdich, the heavily peated Port Charlotte or the big brand premium brand Octomore I know them all well and have never been disappointed by a release yet. The Dram This is my […]
Bruichladdich 10 year old (Second Edition)
Remember how I said I like Bruichladdich? Well we have two expressions in a row for the blog this week from the same distillery and the same style. When the distillery produces three styles of whisky and I have two bottles open of the same style I wonder if my stock rotation procedures are really […]
Bruichladdich 11 Years Old Claxton’s (2016)
I have always really liked Bruichladdich which I know is one of those brands you either love or hate. I was brought into it by the trademark aqua coloured bottled although I must admit I was concerned I would pay a bottle which was fairly expensive and find out they were all marketing and no […]
Bruichladdich #LaddieMP6 Roundup
On Thursday 4th May the sixth YouTube community tasting took place and again I was lucky enough to buy a kit to take part. I am slightly later doing this article than I would like but at least it gave me the opportunity to re-watch the stream on YouTube all over again. To watch the […]
Bruichladdich #laddieMp5 Live Tasting
Bruichladdich really push the concept of terroir. The term comes from french wine production and refers to the location of where the produce comes from and how vital that is to the success of the product. To prove their point they developed the Micro Provenience series of single cask bottlings. The concept was very much […]
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