Islay · Rhinns of Islay
Bruichladdich
Est. 1881 · Bruichladdich
Distilling
Unpeated, floral and barley-sweet; the peated Port Charlotte and super-heavily peated Octomore come from the same stills.
Owner
Rémy Cointreau
Water
Octomore spring and local burns
Region
Islay, Rhinns of Islay
Position
55.766°N 6.362°W
A Victorian distillery on Loch Indaal revived in 2001 by Mark Reynier and Jim McEwan, who made it the laboratory of Islay: terroir, local barley, no colouring, no chillfiltration, and the most heavily peated whiskies in the world under the Octomore name.
The range
- The Classic Laddie
- Bruichladdich Islay Barley
- Bruichladdich Bere Barley
- Port Charlotte 10 Year Old
- Port Charlotte Islay Barley
- Octomore (annual editions)
- Black Art