Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte, & Octomore: 10 Reviews

It’ s no lie that I find something endearing about Bruichladdich, and I don’t think I’m alone in that. The company is such an underdog. It had issues, the casks were bad, and someone came along and through connections and money and a lot of gumption and probably more so money they re-racked the every-loving-hell […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 (3rd Edition)

Thanks to /u/the_muskox for this sample. Wow, it’s been a while. I got a bit behind. A while back someone asked me about the difference in the batches/editions of Port Charlotte 10. I had previously stated the reason it was released due to how good PC10 was. Confused yet? Welcome to drinking Bruichladdich. There’s the PC series, […]

Bruichladdich 12 2006 Maltbarn / Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 17 2001 Maltbarn

So I’ve used the picture above multiple times, and I guess I could have grouped these all together, but… Nah. We had two Bruichladdichs picked by Maltbarn. If they had picked an Octomore recently we may have had one of those too, and done all the Bruichladdich made. But we didn’t. Oh well. Up first […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte MRC:01

Thanks to /u/distillasian[+14] for pouring me this sample. So picture this: You’re sitting at your desk, getting work done. You enjoy your job enough and making good time. My phone goes off, and there’s a ton of pictures. A friend of mine, let’s call him distillasian, is on Islay. And while I’m having a coffee with work, […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte MC:01

Travel retail typically gets a bad rap. And it’s from me as well, don’t act like I’m going to say otherwise. It’s typically used as a place where experiments that just didn’t make it belong. However every so often a company puts something there that perks us up. Previously Bruichladdich Port Charlotte CC:01 was one […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 16 2001 Archives

Thanks to /u/xile_ for this sample. Port Charlotte came up during a tasting the other day. We were discussing a new bottling of it from a different independent bottler, and someone mentioned that it was “the oldest Port Charlotte on the market”. When asked how old, the reply was “17-years-old”. Which makes everyone pause for a second. […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Valinch Cask Exploration 14 Taigh-Bathair Bannaichte

Thanks to /u/ForbiddenWaffle for pouring me this dram. So you’re at the Bruichladdich distillery. And you’ve done one of their amazing tours. You walk into the little gift shop at the end. Love a little shop. This isn’t filled with the usual knickknacks though. Instead, it has to pour your own samples. If you happened to be […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Triple Review – The IBs

Thanks to /u/xile_ for the sample of the last one. Independent bottlers are a boon that I think I take for granted. I’ve had quite a few IB scotches. And the odd thing is I now go back to OB scotches, and while some are still interesting, you can really feel the effect of the industry on […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Triple Review – The OBs

Thanks to /u/throzen and /u/scotchable for these drams. This last year I’ve done the unthinkable: I made a 31 part multi review. I ended up learning a lot about my own reviews from writing and drinking that. For one, there is such thing as too much of a good thing. As well, I should split up my multi reviews […]

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC7 Sin An Doigh Ileach

Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing this one with me. So I’m with Devoz and he thinks “Hey, TOModera has skipped some Port Charlottes. I better remedy that.” And like any playthrough of any Final Fantasy game, he has plenty of remedies at the end of the day. Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC7 Sin An Doigh Ileach is the 3rd […]