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BRUICHLADDICH

Established: 1881-1994, re-opened in 2001
Status: Working
Location: Isle of Islay
Visitor centre: Yes
Website: www.bruichladdich.com



• Norrie Campbell Tribute Bottling, 3D3 - 3rd Edition
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (94 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 24 points: toffee, fruity / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, hot, chili, smoky / Finish 24 points: long and hot finish / Balance 23 points.)

Mr. Jabez Wilson laughed heavily.
"Well, I never!" said he. "I thought at first
you had done something clever, but I see
that there was nothing in it after all."
"I begin to think, Watson," said Holmes,
"that I make a mistake in explaining."
(Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes and The Red Headed League)




• Peat, 46%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: peaty, sea, salty, smoky, leather, seawater / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, salty, peaty, smoky, medicine / Finish 23 points: peaty, long / Balance 23 points.)



• 15 Years Old, Second Edition
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 23 points: sweet, fruity, calvados, toffee / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, fruity, apple / Finish 22 points: medium / Balance 23 points.)



• Waves, 7 Years Old
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: smoky, earthy, peaty, seaweed / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, peaty, salty, oily, salami / Finish 23 points: long, smoky / Balance 23 points.)



• Waves (NAS)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: smoky, seaweed, peaty, sea, salty / Taste 22 points: salty, smoky, full-bodied / Finish 23 points: long, smoky / Balance 23 points.)



• XVII Years Old, 46%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 23 points: praline, fudge, vanilla, spicy / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, chocolate / Finish 22 points: medium, sweet / Balance 22 points.)



• X4, Quadruple distilled, Aged 3 Years, 63.5%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: pale amber / Nose 23 points: chocolate, fruity / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, chocolate, honey, medicine, woolsock / Finish 23 points: long and sweet / Balance 22 points.)



• MCMLXXXV, DNA 3, Aged 25 Years, d 1985, b # 1453/1665 (50.1%)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 22 points: floral, fruity, grassy, honey, cloudberry / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, caramel, citrus, fruity, honey, malty, sweet / Finish 23 points: long and fruity finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Infinity (3), Edition_3.10 (50%)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: orange gold / Nose 23 points: smoky, tar, fireplace / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, smoky, tar / Finish 23 points: long and smoky, burning wood / Balance 23 points.)



• Mςine Mhςr, 3rd, Second edition, 50%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 23 points: smoky, fruity, perfume / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, burning log, salmiac / Finish 22 points: smoky, long finish / Balance 22 points. nice mellow smokyness.)



• Bruichladdich 1998 Oloroso
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: orange / Nose 23 points: sweet, winey, fruity / Taste 23 points: medium-bodied, sweet, winey, madeira / Finish 22 points: medium long, sweet, winey finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Octomore 3_152
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: pale gold / Nose 23 points: very peaty, pungent, rubbery after water / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, peaty, smoky, salty, seaweed / Finish 23 points: long, peaty and dry finish / Balance 21 points.)



• 20 Years Old, Third Edition
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points)
(Colour: red candy / Nose 23 points: warm, sweet, fruity, full, hint of coffee / Taste 22 points: medium-bodied, sweet, fruity, hint of smoke, caramel / Finish 21 points: medium long, sweet and fruity finish / Balance 23 points. Do not add water.)



• Port Charlotte PC6, Cuairt-Beatha, Aged 6 Years in oak casks, distilled 2001, bottled 2007, 61.?%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 21 points: sweet, fruity, slightly smoky, malty, biscuity / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, perfumed, woody, slightly smoky, hot / Finish 23 points: long / Balance 22 points.)



• Bruichladdich 1998, Aged 10 Years, Sherry edition, 46%, aged in sherry wood, Manzanilla, Jerez
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points)
(Nose 22 points: medicine, winey, sherry, toffee / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, winey, sherry / Finish 22 points: long and sherry / Balance 22 points.)



• 10 Years Old
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (87 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 22 points: floral, peppery, almond, kahlua / Taste 22 points: citrus, fruity, medium-bodied, peppery / Finish 22 points: long / Balance 21 points.)



• Rock
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points)
(Colour: copper brown / Nose 22 points: smoky, salty, malty, hint of ripe fruits, woody / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, smoky, spicy, salty, seawater, woody / Finish 22 points: salty and seaweed, long finish / Balance 21 points.)



• Port Charlotte, PC9, An Ataireach Ard, 59.2%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points)
(Colour: ? / Nose 21 points: smoky, barley, scent of a dying fire / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, salty, smoky / Finish 21 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 21 points.)



• Bruichladdich 1988, cask #1955&1956, refill American Hogshead, d 25.10.1988, b 3.1.2003, 54.2% (Gordon & MacPhail)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (85 points)
(Colour: golden hay / Nose 22 points: sweet, leathery, toffee, vanilla, fudge / Taste 21 points: full-bodied, spicy, fruity, sweets / Finish 21 points: long and spicy, sweet finish / Balance 21 points.)



• Bruichladdich 1970, b# 258, d 16.11.1970, b 1/2000, cask #4781, 45.8% (Mackillop's Choice)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (82 points)
(Colour: pale gold / Nose 22 points: mild, sweet, fruity, floral / Taste 20 points: medium-bodied, sweet, honey, floral / Finish 20 points: medium long, sweet and nutty finish / Balance 20 points.)



• 12 Years Old, Second edition
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8 (80 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 21 points: smoky, fruity, prunes / Taste 19 points: medium-bodied, sweet, slightly smoky / Finish 21 points: sweet, medium / Balance 19 points.)



• Islay Barley 2004, b #4963/6000, Kentraw Farm, 50%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 7 (72 points)
(Colour: white wine / Nose 19 points: honey, leather, pear, yeasty / Taste 18 points: medium-bodied, floral, cereal / Finish 17 points: short finish / Balance 18 points.)





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