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Discover the exotic and floral flavours of the wine casks as they mingle and interweave with the classic 16 year old malt which has matured in the finest American oak barrels.

This “Resurrection Dram” is a testament to the inspired – the Harvey brothers OF 1881, their avant-garde distillery design, and a new team of distillers who took up their progressive torch in 2001. It's a celebration of a new era at Bruichladdich, the first distilled by Jim McEwan and his team in the more artisanal, old-fashioned way.

Full and mellow, rounded and rich with a unique character that comes only from malts matured full term in Oloroso sherry butts.

Strong and smooth with a superfine texture, it glides over the palate leaving a Caribbean sunshine warmth which really gets the senses just a little bit excited and then some.

Even we don’t know how Jim McEwan has conjured-up this bewitching dram – this is something he alone has crafted (in dead of night?) in the stygian darkness of Warehouse No. 12. A dark, sensuous spirit, very fine, incredibly elegant, decadently-hued, perplexingly complex, mishievously-prepared and subtly provocative. Beguiling, other-worldly, sublime, inspired.

The second release in the now legendary Black Art series; and now at 21 years old even more an enigma than the first release.

Even we don’t know how Jim McEwan has conjured-up this bewitching dram – this is something he alone has crafted (in dead of night?) in the stygian darkness of Warehouse No. 12. A dark, sensuous spirit, very fine, incredibly elegant, decadently-hued, perplexingly complex, mishievously-prepared and subtly provocative. Beguiling, other-worldly, sublime, inspired.

The “Black Art” of distiller Jim McEwan.

Even we don’t know how Jim has conjured-up this sublime dram – this is something he alone has crafted (in dead of night?) A dark, sensuous whisky, very fine, incredibly elegant, decadently hued, perplexingly complex, mischievously prepared and subtly provocative. Beguiling, other-worldly... Inspired.

Another ultra-rare Bruichladdich: MCMLXXXV is edition three in the definitive Bruichladdich DNA series – for the lucky few a privileged glimpse into the heart and soul of this great, elegant spirit.

The smokiness appears to have a life of its own: still cured bacon, as in previous Infinities (actually can there be such a thing...?) but perhaps a touch of Bavarian smoked cheese, perhaps, as a side dish, next to a freshly diced apple?

While we are famous [infamous?] for pushing the boundaries of distilling, coopering and maturation we know a classic spirit when we make one.

This dram has been designed by Jim McEwan to showcase the classic, floral and elegant Bruichladdich style; matured purely in American oak Bourbon casks.

A Kate Moss rather than a Madonna, an Audrey Hepburn rather than a Marylin Monroe, a natural elegance that is beyond fad and fashion – truly a classic Bruichladdich!

Another benchmark – this time 167 ppm. But don’t think this dram is all about cojones (ok, well that too) – as Jim Murray says in his whisky bible: “forget about the age. Don’t be frightened by the phenol levels. Great whisky is not about numbers; it’s about excellent distillation and careful maturation.”

Following on from the now legendary Octomore Orpheus, the now legendary Jim McEwan has created another landmark Octomore. Comus was the son of Bachhus (god of wine and revelling) and Circe, daughter of Helios the sun god and a sorceress who would beguile the innocent into drinking her magic potions.

An elegant, composed and stylishly vibrant spirit that showcases the absolute finesse, purity, definition and elegance of organically grown barley.

Young and virile and full of pride and passion. The Ileach is showing more maturity and early signs of becoming a warrior on this Island of peat giants and Celtic crosses.

This bottling is from our Sherry Series, which was an exploration of the maturation of Bruichladdich spirit in a variety of high-provenance sherry butts. Sherry wood has been highly prized by the whisky distiller since war with France in the early nineteenth century made wine casks unobtainable.

In this case we were fortunate to obtain prized Fino floor butts from Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla. Fino sherry, made from the palomino grape, is the driest and palest of all the fortified wines from Jerez, and benefits from the legendary “flor” – an indigenous strain of yeast – that develops on the surface of the wine and protects it from excessive oxidisation and adds layers of complexity to this great sherry.

This is without doubt the most important release in their history, and very much a landmark for the distillery and the Bruichladdich team. it was an intensely emotional day, in the spring of 2001, when they first broke the padlock on the Bruichladdich gates and took charge of this charismatic but much-neglected Victorian distillery on the far west Atlantic coast of Islay.

Fresh, fruity with spiced plums + moss in wet pine forest.