Hunter Laing & Co, the family owned Scotch whisky independent bottler, is releasing Scarabus Specially Selected at Feis Ile 2019, the Islay Festival of Music and Whisky. Continue reading “Hunter Laing & Co releases Scarabus Specially Selected at Feis Ile 2019”
Type: Single malt Scotch whisky
Origin: Islay, Scotland 
ABV: 43.7%
Age: 32 years
Malt Mileage rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This Bruichladdich 32 year old was distilled in 1984 and filled into ex-bourbon casks on 31 December of that same year. Many years later in 2008, Bruichladdich’s former master distiller Jim McEwan re-casked this whisky into fresh bourbon. This whisky comes from the last 12 casks of the 1984 “legacy distillation”, and it was finally drawn on 20 September 2017.
The results of this long maturation in bourbon wood, which lasted 32 years, are spectacular. Continue reading “Bruichladdich 32 year old (OB, bourbon cask, 43.7%, 1984)”
The Bruichladdich distillery is set to relaunch Port Charlotte, which is the Islay distillery’s heavily peated single malt whisky.
Continue reading “News flash: Bruichladdich to relaunch Port Charlotte single malt whisky”
Type: Single malt Scotch whisky
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 44.6%
Malt Mileage rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Continue reading “Bruichladdich 30 year old (OB, sherry cask, 44.6%, 1986)”
Type: Gin
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 46%
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Bruichladdich have released a new trio of whiskies they call ‘The Three Tens’ – three ten year old malts, an unpeated Bruichladdich, a peated Port Charlotte and a heavily peated Octomore. In this post, I review all three whiskies. Continue reading “Bruichladdich’s “The Three Tens”: The Laddie 10 year old, Port Charlotte 10 year old and Octomore 10 year old”
Type: Single malt
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 50%
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Type: Malt blend
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 60% Continue reading “The Big Smoke Blended Islay Malt 60”
Malt Mileage Rating: ★★★☆
Type: Single malt
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 57.1%
Malt Mileage Rating: ★★★★
Type: Single malt whisky
Origin: Islay, Scotland
ABV: 57.8%
Bottled: 21/01/2016
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