Bruichladdich 1989 Robert Burns 56.5 50cl OB

Bruichladdich Rocks

Thanks to @MarsViolet for the reviewed sample. Nose: acrid citric antiseptic, like strong mouth wash, a little sour, brine, followed by malt and actually a bit of perfume of roses, which seems strangely out of place with the other flavours. Hints of old leather and a bit of wet hay. Any peat or smoke in the nose is quite mild. Overall, odd, and...

Score 73/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 4.1 5yo

I didn't really expect to lay my hand on one of the 60 bottles of Bruichladdichs new peat monster Octomore 4.1 since only 60 bottles was released to Swedens lesser populated towns. But I did. When you open a new bottle of Octomore 4.1 you really think there's a fire going on straight under your nose. It's like a boat burning in the sun with new...

Score 95/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 7.2

Octomore series have the highest peat levels – 208 ppm for this particular expression – in the market compared to more popular ‘Heavily Peated’ expressions from Ardbeg and Laphroaig whereas the peat levels remain around 40 -50 ppm. Jim McEwan, Ex-Head Distiller, created this series as a retaliation to those who dismissed Bruichladdich’s lack of...

Score 82/100

Bruichladdich Octomore 7.1

What can one say about Octomore that hasn't been said before? Is this whisky all about muscular posturing (my peat's bigger than yours)? Is it for peat nerds who must own every single edition (like Pokemon), overrated, one-dimensional, as close to a religious experience as possible, utter shite, delicious, overpriced swill? By now the standard...

Score 81/100