Off the western coast of Scotland, there’s a scattering of over 50 distant islands known as the Hebridean islands. Solely 15 of those islands are inhabited, however the Southernmost generally known as the Isle of Islay (pronounced “EYE-luh”), is world-renowned for making Scotch whisky. With a small inhabitants of solely 1500 and recognized by many as “whisky Island,” Islay, is house to Bruichladdich, a distillery established in 1881 that as we speak distills 4 distinctive spirits all bottled on web site.
Bruichladdich is a progressive distillery recognized for its experimentation with recipes and processes. They produce each unpeated (easy) and peated single malt Scotch whiskeys (one being gin), difficult the established order of distilling whisky on the island and past.
The Basic Laddie – Unpeated Scotch Whisky
Not too long ago we had an opportunity to participate in a digital tasting of Bruichladdich’s flagship spirit, The Classic Laddie. This unpeated and traditional non-smokey, floral, and complicated Scotch whisky matured in quite a lot of cask varieties is made with 100% Scottish barley and triple distilled.
Whereas some folks love peated scotch whiskeys with a smokey character, they’re positively not for everybody. That’s the place a spirit just like the Basic Laddie is available in. With a stunning deep golden-caramel coloration derived completely from sitting within the cask (no caramel coloration added as different distilleries usually do), this easy and warming Scotch whisky with malty, vanilla, oaky, and caramel-like, apple and berry notes is an extremely pleasing sip. Even for somebody like me who’s a complete beginner in relation to ingesting Scotch whisky, I might simply see myself sipping this to heat up on a chilly night. 
The Basic Laddie’s hanging Tiffany blue bottle can be value noting. Not solely is it a wonderful coloration, but it surely additionally offers a wealth of details about what you’re about to sip. It might sound unusual, however solely a handful of whisky producers will share the origins of what they distill. Bruichladdich believes you will have the proper to know what’s in your glass and the way it got here to be. That’s why distinctive codes are printed on the again of each bottle related to each batch of whisky made. Our code of 20/109 entered here on the Bruichladdich web site revealed our bottle was constructed from a vatting of 74 complete casks, 4 vintages, 3 barley varieties, and 10 cask varieties. As a result of it’s a pure product and the recipe can fluctuate, every batch and bottle of The Basic Laddie can have barely totally different tasting notes and aromas. That is a part of the enjoyable of ingesting it.
You’ll be able to be taught extra in regards to the Bruichladdich Basic Laddie and watch the tasting expertise under.
Octomore 11 – Closely Peated Scotch Whisky
Whether or not you’re a whisky aficionado otherwise you’re merely beginning to develop a deep appreciation for the stuff like me, remember to try a one-of-a-kind whisky themed content material journey known as ‘The Octomore 11 Insider’s Information’.
Octomore 11 is Bruichladdich’s latest vintage in the Octomore series, and fairly actually the world’s most closely peated Scotch whisky. To enrich its launch, ‘The Octomore 11 Insider’s Information’ is an immersive on-line expertise created by 11 main whisky fans, consultants, and influences additionally nicknamed “The Octomore 11”. They got unique entry to the staff and interior workings of the Bruichladdich Distillery to take a deep look into the origins, components, and complicated flavors of Octomore, the world’s most closely peated whisky. And if you happen to occur to have already got and luxuriate in Octomore, it is going to solely assist to additional your appreciation for this exceptional spirit.
Go to the hyperlinks under to start exploring Octomore 11. The information is split into six chapters, that includes a distinct staff member’s weblog that can take you on an enchanting tour by the whisky group.
‘The Octomore 11 Insider’s Information’ chapters are linked under:
And remember to go to our different buddies who participated within the Basic Laddie tasting. Cheers!
