Bruichladdich Distillery is a distillery on the Rhinns of the isle of Islay in Scotland. The distillery produces mainly single malt Scotch whisky, but has also offered artisanal gin. It is owned by Rémy Cointreau and is one of eight working distilleries on the island.
The name Bruichladdich is an anglicisation of Bruthach a’ Chladaich, Scottish Gaelic for Brae of the Shore.
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Bruichladdich Octomore 15.2 5 Year Old Barley Cognac and Wine Casks (70cl, 57.9%)
This Octomore was peated to 108.2ppm, distilled from Scottish barley, and matured in a combination of American oak, red wine, and ex-cognac casks. A whisky with elegance and intrigue in equal measure, you can expect notes of rye bread, roasted coffee, and a thick, almost buttery texture, leading to toffee, cracked black pepper, and peat – lots of peat.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series The Impossible Equation
Vintage 2018
Bottled 12.03.2024
Stated Age05 years old
Cask Type 2nd-Fill Wine+Bourbon, 1st-Fill Cognac Finish
Strength 57.9 % Vol.
Bruichladdich Octomore 13.2 5 Year Old (70cl, 58.3%)
The 13.2 edition of Octomore from Bruichladdich follows on from the 13.1, in that it’s made from 100% Scottish barley malted to a hefty 137.3 PPM, however the 13.2 edition of this superbly smoky single malt Scotch has enjoyed its five year ageing period entirely in first fill oloroso sherry butts, bringing waves of fruit and sweetness to the expressive Islay character.
Bruichladdich Octomore 12.2 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation (70cl, 57.3%)
A bold, peaty single malt from experimental Islay distillery Bruichladdich’s Octomore series, Edition 12.2 has been matured initially in a combination of first and second-fill ex-American whiskey casks and finished in first-fill French oak Sauternes casks for 18 months. The palate offers notes of melon, white peach, honeysuckle and coconut, all wrapped in notes of phenolic malt and savoury peat smoke.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series The Impossible Equation
Bottled 07.2021
Stated Age 05 years old
Cask Type Ex-Bourbon + 18 month Sauternes Finish
Strength 57.3 % Vol.
Bruichladdich Octomore 10 Year Old 2012 First Limited Release 70cl, 50%
The long 10 year old Octomore, the oldest edition of Bruichladdich’s super-peaty spirit when released. That said, this is from the early days of the experiment and the barley was peated to a relatively calm 80.5ppm. We don’t expect this to hang around for long…
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series 2012 First Limited Release 80.5 ppm
Bottled 12.11.2012
Stated Age 10 years old
Cask Type American Oak Casks Matured
Number of bottles 6000
Strength 50.0 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
Bruichladdich Octomore 13.3 5 Year Old Islay Barley (70cl, 61.1%)
Octomore 13.3 from Bruichladdich is made entirely from single source barley, grown on Islay, harvested in 2015 and peated to 129.3 PPM. This single malt Scotch was distilled in 2016 and aged for five years in a combination of first fill European oak casks from Rivesaltes in France and Ribera del Duero in Spain, along with first fill American whiskey barrels. As with all the Octomore editions, this is non-chill filtered, and free of added colour.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series The Impossible Equation
Bottled 31.03-04.04.2022
Stated Age 05 years old
Cask Type Bourbon / RDC / RIC
Strength 61.1 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
Label Barley origin: Lorgba field & Irene’s field, Octomore farm, Islay / Barley variety: Concerto
Bruichladdich Octomore 11.3 Dialogos 5 Year Old Islay Barley (70cl, 61.7%)
It’s Bruichladdich’s Octomore 11.3 expression right here, folks! This particular edition was made with barley grown on Islay by James Brown at the Octomore Farm, which is exposed to the coastal breeze of the Atlantic Ocean. After distillation, it was allowed to matured for five years in first-fill American whiskey casks, including ones from Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Track and Jack Daniel’s. As ever for the Octomore series, this is a heavily peated stuff, weighing in at a hefty 194 PPM.
Category Single Malt
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottler series Islay Barley – Irene’s Field
Vintage 2014
Bottled 07/08.07.2020
Indicated Age 05 years old
Number of bottles 18000
Alcohol 61.7 % Vol.
Contents 700 ml
Bruichladdich Octomore 07.3 5 Year Old 2010 Edition Islay Barley (70cl, 63%)
7.3 is the second edition of ‘Octomore from Octomore, made using barley grown on the eponymous farm. Distilled in 2010 and peated to 169ppm, this was aged in a combination of bourbon barrels and red wine casks from Ribera del Duero in Spain. Big and bold, yet also elegant with notes of oranges, honey, cinnamon and clove.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series Islay Barley – Lorgba Field, Octomore Farm
Vintage 2010
Stated Age 05 years old
Cask Type Bourbon Barrels & Ribera del Duero Wine Casks
Strength 63.0 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
Bruichladdich Octomore 15.1 5 Year Old (70cl, 59.1%)
Octomore 15.1 was peated to 108.2 PPM.
The .1 of each Octomore annual release is intended to be the backbone of that series, the expression from which the others can be compared and contrasted. It was aged in a combo of first-fill bourbon barrels and re-charred bourbon casks to extract as much character from the wood as possible. It was bottled at 59.1% ABV.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serieThe Impossible Equation
Cask Type First-Fill & Recharred Ex-Bourbon
Bottled 2024
Stated Age 05 years old
Label Barley Origin: Scottish Mainland / Barley Variety: Concerto
Strength 59.1 % Vol. 700 cl
Bruichladdich 8 Year Old The Laddie Eight (70cl, 50%)
An 8 year old single malt from Islay’s Bruichladdich distillery, originally released for the Travel Retail Market. The Laddie Eight was created by Head Distiller Adam Hannett, with an aim to capturing the fantastic floral notes along with Bruichladdich’s coastal elements.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottled 2016
Stated Age 08 years old
Cask Type European and American Oak
Strength 50.0 % Vol.Size 70cl
Octomore 10 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish Darkness (50cl, 47.8%)
A 10-year-old Octomore – the beloved peated single malt from Islay’s Bruichladdich distillery. This one finished its maturation with a stay in an oloroso sherry octave, custom-made for the folks at indie bottler Darkness. An intriguing combo of sweet baked goods, salted nuts and coastal smoke make this a superbly complex sipper.
Bruichladdich Octomore 14.1 5 Year Old Scottish Barley Bourbon Cask (70cl, 59.6%)
Edition 14.1 of Bruichladdich’s Octomore series was made with barley grown on the Scottish mainland and malted to 128.ppm creating a heavily peated single malt. This whisky was matured for five years in first-fill ex-American whiskey casks, imparting aromas of smoked caramel, roasted almonds and barbecue pork on the nose, with bright citrus notes, smoked heather and ground coffee on the palate.
Bruichladdich
Distillery Bottling
Bruichladdich Octomore 05.1 5 Year Old (70cl, 59.5%)
Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1 Islay single malt Scotch whisky. This, the fifth annual release of Octomore is peated to a record 169PPM.
Matured in American oak casks and limited to 18,000 bottles.
A 5 year old, super-peated single malt from Bruichladdich’s Octomore series. Edition 5.1 was released in 2012 with a ppm measuring in at 159 – quite a punch indeed!
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Ochdamh-mòr
Stated Age 05 years old
Cask type American Oak
Number of bottles 18000
Strength 59.5 % Vol.
Bruichladdich Octomore 08.4 8 Year Old Masterclass Virgin Oak (70cl, 58.7%)
Octomore 8.4, the last in this masterclass series, was created to examine the effect of virgin oak on Bruichladdich’s intensely peaty spirit. (The Scottish barley for this edition was peated to 170ppm.) To achieve a balance of smoke and oak characteristics, 20% of the whisky was matured exclusively in virgin oak, while 80% was aged in first-fill ex-bourbon casks and then finished in European virgin oak, which had previously held Octomore 7.4.
The result is a rich and complex dram with notes such as praline, coconut and clove matched by those of barbeque, burnt heather and iodine.
Category Single Malt
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serieVirgin Oak
Vintage 2009 Bottled 2017
Stated Age 08 years old
Cask type Virgin Oak Casks
Number of bottles 12000
Strength 58.7 %
Vol.Size700 ml
Bruichladdich Octomore 13.1 5 Year Old Scottish Barley Bourbon Cask (70cl, 59.2%)
A youthful, dynamic Islay single malt, Octomore 13.1 was distilled in 2016 using 100% Scottish barley, malted to a mind-boggling 137.3ppm, and matured in first-fill American oak ex-bourbon barrels for five years. The palate offers notes of coconut, treacle toffee and vanilla, wrapped in layer upon layer of rich peat smoke.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serieThe Impossible Equation
Stated Age 05 years old
Cask type Ex-Bourbon
Strength 59.2 %
Vol.Size 700 ml 750 ml
Label Barley origin: Scottish mainland / Barley variety: Concerto
Bruichladdich Octomore 10.4 3 Year Old (70cl, 63.5%)
At only three-years-old 10.4 is the youngest whisky in the Octomore series and was distilled in 2015 from the 2015 harvest. Peated to 88ppm and matured in 28 heavily-toasted virgin Limousin oak casks create a layer of dry fruit and vanilla on the palate, alongside oak spice and rich smoke.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Virgin Oak
Vintage 2016
Stated Age 03 years old
Cask typeHeavily Toasted French Limousin Virgin Oak
Number of bottles 12000
Strength 63.5 %
Vol.Size700 ml 750 ml
Bruichladdich Octomore 06.1 5 Year Old (70cl, 57%)
This 5 year old Octomore was distilled from exclusively Scottish barley, peated to 167ppm.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Once the world’s most heavily peated whisky at 167ppm 6th Edition
Bruichladdich Octomore 06.2 5 Year Old Scottish Barley (70cl, 58.2%)
Bruichladdich Octomore 6.2 Islay single malt Scotch whisky. 2013 release of the heavily peated Scotch matured in Limousin oak casks.
Bruichladdich Distillery was established in 1881 on the Rhinns peninsular on the island of Islay close by the sandy bays of Loch Indaal. Re-opened in 2001 with much of the original Victorian equipment restored to working order. The first release of Bruichladdich’s new whisky was the highly acclaimed PC5, the first release in the limited Port Charlotte range. Also producing very highly peated Octamore, Organic using Islay grown barley, and triple and quadruple distilled single malts. The Bruichladdich distillery visitor centre offers distillery tours including the bottling hall and the distillery participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Whisky Festival
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Limousin
Bottled 2013Stated
Age 05 years old
Cask type Ex Eau-de-Vie Limousin Oak Cask of Aquitaine
Number of bottles 18000
Strength 58.2 % Vol. 700 cl
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old (1L, 50%)
A peat-tastic gift pack from the Bruichladdich distillery! The set contains a bottle of the deliciously smoky Port Charlotte 10 Year Old. Of course you don’t have to drink said whisky from said glasses, but… why wouldn’t you?
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Old (70cl, 50%)
A peat-tastic gift pack from the Bruichladdich distillery! The set contains a bottle of the deliciously smoky Port Charlotte 10 Year Old. Of course you don’t have to drink said whisky from said glasses, but… why wouldn’t you?
Bruichladdich Octomore 10.1 5 Year Old (70cl, 59.8%)
The first release from the Bruichladdich’s Octomore 10 series, this expression was aged for 5 years in a selection of first-fill American whiskey casks (from the likes of Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace and Jack Daniel’s). Not quite as absurdly peated as previous Octomore expressions, Bruichladdich says that it’s exploring “a different realm of ‘softer smoke'”. It’s still sitting at 107PPM.
Bruichladdich Octomore 08.1 8 Year Old Masterclass (70cl, 59.3%)
Distilled in 2009 using Scottish barley from the 2008 harvest, this Octomore was peated to a level of 168 PPM. Holy phenolic fireworks Batm’n! (Although this series, counter intuitively, is also known for its relative subtlety.) Matured exclusively in first fill American oak casks (ex-Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill and Jack Daniels, if you were wondering), 08.1 has been bottled at a healthy 59.3% abv with neither artificial colouring nor chill filtration.
Distillery Bruichladdich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Vintage 2008 Bottled 2017
Stated Age 08 years old
Cask type 1st Fill American Oak Casks
Number of bottles 42000
Strength 59.3 % Vol.
Bruichladdich Octomore 09.1 Dialogos 5 Year Old (70cl, 59.1%)
An enjoyably punchy and heavily peated single malt from Bruichladdich’s Octomore range. Octomore 09.1 sets out to challenge the idea that older means better when it comes to whisky, and it does so by offering up a 5 year old Islay whisky weighing in at 156 PPM, matured in ex-American whiskey casks. Pleasing, they’ve even let us know exactly where those casks came from – they were 51% Jim Beam, 26% Jack Daniel’s, 15% Clermont and 8% Old Grand-Dad casks.
Bruichladdich Octomore 07.1 5 Year Old (70cl, 59.5%)
Peat fans, hold on to your hats, as here comes another Octomore from the Bruichladdich distillery on Islay! The Octomore 07.1 is a 5 year old single malt Scotch whisky, which has been peated to 208 PPM and bottled at 59.5% ABV. The Octomore expressions are always a treat and this one is as complex and intense as ever, while still maintaining a sense of poise and elegance. Oh, and peat. Plenty of yummy, smoky peat.
This limited edition release of the world’s most heavily peated whisky uses barley malted to a whopping 208ppm. Octomore 7.1 was released in 2015 and was the final expression turned out during Jim McEwen’s tenure at the distillery.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie (70cl, 50%)
Created by Jim McEwan from whisky matured in American oak casks alongside Lochindaal, and chosen to represent the classic, unpeated distillery style. Bruichladdich’s new signature bottling is made with 100% Scottish barley.
Bruichladdich Octomore 07.2 5 Year Old Scottish Barley (70cl, 58.5%)
A Travel Retail bottling of Bruichladdich intensely-peated Octomore single malt Scotch whisky, which weighs in at a powerful 208 PPM. For the 07.2 release, this 5 year old whisky combines spirits which were matured in American oak casks as well as casks which previous held Syrah wine, then bottled at 58.5% ABV