This landmark 1988 vintage has never been re-casked. It has matured over 30 years in our warehouses in the same wood it was originally filled into – refill bourbon and, unusually, rare refill squat hogsheads. The subtle influence of these refill oak casks
"Brook-Laddie" (the Gaelic for a 'raised beach') is privately owned, run with passion by true artisans on the west coast island of Islay. Built in 1881, much of the original Victorian machinery is still used.
Lightly peated Scottish barley produces a mul
8.1 Bruichladdich 2010 Islay Barley 1st fill Jurançon Barrique, 13 years old, 59.2%
Distilled on 16th September 2010 this whisky spent its whole 13-year life maturing in cask #2302, maturation taking place in a 1st fill Jurançon barrique. Produced using
In an era when efficiency was promoted over quality, our distillery was considered irredeemably old-fashioned. The single malt produced before our closure in 1994 now equates to less than 1% of all the ‘pre-renaissance’ whisky still maturing in our wareho
The enigmatic arts of the distiller are shrouded by meagre facts. There are dark secrets within and marking the passage of time alone bestows insufficient heft. Through these burdened hands great oak and steadfast principles pass. High art, complex and my
8.3 Octomore 2013 1st fill Bourbon Barrel, 107ppm, 10 years old, 62.4%
Distilled on 28th March 2013 this whisky spent its whole 10-year life maturing in cask #1871, maturation taking place in a 1st fill Bourbon barrel from an unknown American distillery.
The Octomore 14.1 forms the basis of the 14th annual Octomore edition. The 14.1 has matured for five years in first fill ex-American whiskey barrels. You smell smoked vanilla and sweet caramel. Bright citrus, smoke and clear minerality return on the palat
8.2 Port Charlotte 2011 1st fill Bourbon Barrel, 12 years old, 60.9%
Distilled on 5th June 2011 this whisky spent its whole 12-year life maturing in cask #2124, maturation taking place in a 1st fill Bourbon barrel from an unknown American distillery.
The complexity of this Port Charlotte SC:01 2012 pushes the outer limits of Islay single malt as you know it. Commanding our distillery's two utmost obsessions, it is impeccable provenance meets high quality French oak.
The Rose family have cultivated Mid Coul farm in the north of Scotland since 1912. The organic barley they raise relies on the revolutionary old ideas of our ancestors, farming without the use of artificial fertilisers and pesticides. They expertly balanc
