The range has only been around for a few years & already it has developed quite the reputation as a unique & highly sophisticated dram. Combining the power of the world's most heavily peated barley with the purity & elegance of spirit produced by the classic long necked Bruichladdich stills. The Ocotomore was voted single malt of the year in 2010 by none other than the man they say is made from whisky, Jim Murray. The one comment that was on everyone's mind, including Jim Murray's, is what would this already magnificent dram develop into with more ageing. For the first time this question can be answered, but only for a few individuals as Bruichladdich have only released 6000 bottles of this first Octomore 10 year old. ...

Produced from Scottish barley, Octomore 13.1 is super heavily peated at 137.3 & matured for Approx. 6 years in American oak casks & first-fill casks. The result is complex & densely smoked whisky with notes of honeyed fruits ...

Produced from single-farm Islay barley & matured in ex-first fill American & ex-second fill European oak casks for Approx. 6 years. With a ppm count of 129.3, the result is a revelation. ...

From the heavily peated range, The Octomore 7.4 is the first time a Single malted barley matured in virgin oak casks & peated to a huge level. 167ppm to be precise. The result is near perfect balance with great sweetness, oak all wrapped in peat smoke. ...

Raised in Irene's Field on Octomore Farm in 2011, this uber-provenance single malt was later distilled & filled into 134 casks. Predominantly second-fill, the gentler influence of the wood allows more of the locally grown barley flavours through ...

This Port Charlotte 10 Year old has been conceived, distilled, matured & bottled on Islay alone. It's peated to 40ppm, & drawn from a combination of first fill American whiskey casks, second-fill American whiskey casks & second-fill French wine cask ...

This Port Charlotte 10 Year old has been conceived, distilled, matured & bottled on Islay alone. It's peated to 40ppm, & drawn from a combination of first fill American whiskey casks ...

The Bruichladdich distillery is owned by the 3 Harvey brothers who built the distillery in 1881. The Harvey family has over a century of whisky distilling ownership in their family. The three brothers have a strong belief that the whisky industry has been stifled by industrialisation & self-interest. Companies now days try & do things the quickest way possible but at Bruichladdich they believe that taking time & using authentic equipment is the best way to make their single malts. The single malts are made from Scottish barley & when it comes to maturing the single malts, the boys at Bruichladdich use a variety of different wooded casks. These perform the vital task of allowing the evolution of the spirit by way of subtle & complex interactions between the micro-oxidation of the whiskies flavour compounds. Oak tannins extracted from the wood, the ozone-marine influence of the air absorbed through the wood & the whisky texture. This is the fourth instalment in the Port Charlotte series & aged for 8 years. The colour is described as a chartreuse sunset with its light amber tint. On the nose you get an updraft of sea spray & peat smoke greets you with spicy pepper & lemon aromas all exploding simultaneously. Notes follow of heather & myrtle combated by oak & malted barley burst. On the palate it is viscous, rich & oily. Peat fire flavours & the mellow rich taste of sweet oaky Demerara sugar toddy instantaneously erupt on the tongue. The finish is likely to leave you feeling as macho a man could ever be, with the power of this spirit reaching deep into your taste buds. ...

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Islay Barley is the essential core bottling of Port Charlotte. Made with barley harvested from six farms & heavily peated to 40ppm. It's crisp & clean, with a engaging mix of fruit & cereal & an elegant peatiness. ...

The latest release out of the Bruichladdich distillery is the Port Charlotte PC10. The 5th edition in this fantastic peated series, it is labelled with the slogan “ Tro Na Linntean” which means “through the generations”, as this whisky is dedicated to the future of the Bruichladdich distillery & the young men & women who are working their way through the ranks there. This is the first time that Bruichladdich can release an age statement on their Port Charlotte range, as this batch has been soaking up the ozone rich marine air for 10 years in Bruichladdich's Islay warehouse. This is a limited edition bottle in the series with only 6000 bottles being released, each one is individually numbered, non chill filtered & colouring free. The colour of the PC10 is an appealing bronze mahogany. On the nose, you first detect the sherry & peat, taking your mind to the shores of Islay with a little scent of lemon peel, back pepper, eucalyptus, cinnamon, heather & mint. All of these aromas are caressed & cooled by the coastal notes from the Atlantic, which merge superbly with the earthy flora & fauna aromatics of the peat moors, heaths & woodlands. On the palate you get a real flavour of the wood casks the whisky was aged in, the combination of both bourbon & sherry wood arrives in unhurried waves of sticky dates, mellow oloroso, chocolate orange, smoked malt, roasted walnut & dark toffee. On the finish, you notice a subtle change in the flavours, from the American bourbon wood which is evident throughout the tasting, to a finish of Spanish flair, exploding on the back of the throat with dark, sweet & passionate flavours all coming alive to give the PC10 a goodbye party to be remembered. ...