Bruichladdich 17 Yr Old Single Malt Review
Dram 5 of the Belfast Whiskey Week Irish v Scottish 12 Years and over box takes us to Islay and a distillery that has finally found a bit more traction on here recently....Bruichladdich. Bruichladdich definitely seem to be on a bit of an upturn right now with their releases being a bit more consistent than some of the more 'out there' wine heavy releases that followed their renaissance under Jim McEwan. Bruichladdich whiskies are unpeated and as such are an unusual beast in terms of Islay whisky production which of course is known for some heavy hitting peat monster whiskies. The distillery does make peated spirit and release peaty whiskies but under different names. Port Charlotte, a distillery that closed in 1929, lends its name to their first peated whisky label and these releases are peated to around 40/45ppm. The Octomore arrived in 2008 and is their crazily peated whisky with levels well over 100 ppm. Bruichladdich 17 Yr Old Single Malt 46% abv BWW Irish v Scottish 12 ...
