Chemistry of the Cocktail

1969 was an interesting year at Bruichladdich - they had been purchased by Invergordon Distillers the year before and would go on to continu...

Somehow, this is the first Port Charlotte I've ever tried. While I have had the earlier Bruichladdich Peat (and thought it was disgustin...

Bruichladdich has been putting out NAS/multi-vintage releases in their trademark blue bottles under the Laddie Classic/Classic Laddie name h...

While I have a complex relationship with Bruichladdich, there are just enough expressions that I really enjoy to keep me on the lookout for ...

Bruichladdich 15 Year was part of the first wave of releases after the distillery was reopened by Mark Reynier and Co in the early-2000s. ...

The first edition of Laddie Ten was met with a significant amount of fanfare, representing the distillery coming into its own. Its loss wa...

The period after Bruichladdich was taken over by Rémy Cointreau saw the disappearance of nearly all of their age-dated single malts, ostens...

Bruichladdich 12 Year Second Edition was some of the last entry level whisky released by Bruichladdich that was made entirely from stocks pr...

In many ways these two releases bracket the beginning and end of Bruichladdich's first phase after its purchase by Mark Reynier in 2000....

In the far mists of 2008, Bruichladdich ignited the brief but brutal Peat Wars. For most of the history of whisky, 'heavily peated...

I wasn't particularly fond of either of the whiskies going into this blend, so I ended up futzing around to see if there was a way to ...

Some years ago, Bruichladdich put out a number of young (~7 years old) single malts that were designed to provide an introduction to the bra...

Blue Hanger is a series of blended malts put together by Berry Brothers & Rudd, each with a different recipe. As far as I can gather, ...

Bruichladdich began distilling again on October 23rd, 2001 after being silent for most of a decade. Seven years later, the distillery releas...

The big news at Bruichladdich in 2012 was their sale to Rémy Cointreau , a large drinks conglomerate. This was shocking to many in the ...

Bruichladdich has become known for making experimental whiskies and this is one of the odder ones. Bere (pronounced like 'bear') is...

What was supposed to be one of the best days of my trip instead turned into one of the worst. I'm not exactly sure what happened, ...

While I've reviewed Bruichladdich 's previous 10 and 12 year old whiskies before, those were both made from stock inherited when t...