7,000+ Whiskey Database
Price
$213
Liquor
Bruichladdich 16
Type
ABV
46%
Distiller
Nose
Maple syrup and/or creamy honey.
Taste
Hit of peppery spice on the mid-palate, accompanied by an almost equally huge blast of sweetness. Ginger and honey
Finish
Clingy, oily sweetness with nice little cocoa notes
Price
$323
Liquor
Bruichladdich 16 Bourbon Cask
ABV
46%
Distiller
Nose
Pleasant freshness, mineral, juicy sweet, fresh wood cut, pine needles, lacquer, new furniture
Taste
Medical, pinching, with bacon, flavored pill of ascorbic acid, marmalade, candied fruit, fresh and delicious.
Finish
Long, knits, dries, oak, medical, slightly salty, pepper, walnut, iodine.
Price
$329
Liquor
Bruichladdich 16 First Growth Cuvée A: Pauillac (Chateau Lafite)
Type
ABV
46%
Distiller
Nose
Musty malt with heavy handed damp/old oak, some artificial banana notes with bubblegum, raspberry, blueberry, and french vanilla.
Taste
Sharp, biting oak still leads off with buttered popcorn, berries & cream, vanilla custard, caramel, and buttercream frosting.
Finish
Caramel and tannin laden oak linger.
Price
$315
Liquor
Bruichladdich 16 Links Torrey Pines
ABV
46%
Distiller
Nose
Sweet cake frosting, but instead of sweet flowers and cherries, I get rotten flowers, plums, and dried fruit.
Taste
Plums, dried flower potpourri, shiitake mushrooms. A bit of sweat and body odor.
Finish
Medium long finish. The earthiness and spice takes over. Still some prunes and plums. But now with white pepper and earth.
Price
$378
Liquor
Bruichladdich 17 Rum Cask
Type
ABV
46%
Distiller
Nose
Tropical notes above the malted barley, fruity – mango, blood orange
Taste
The flavours is subtle and mellow; the grape-like fruits, the interaction with the barely
Finish
The finish is exclusively an encore from the barley.
Price
$218
Nose
Woody and grassy, lovely berry fruits, orchard fruits, lovely wine character, really well-orchestrated.
Taste
Tropical fruits in true ‘Laddie style with some vanilla, citrus and malt.
Finish
Long, juicy and chewy, citrus arrives.
Liquor
Bruichladdich 18 1989 Kosher Wine Finish
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Chocolate, blackcurrant, jam, fresh, coastal notes
Taste
Fresh, fruity (melons), oriental spices
Finish
Medium long, fruity, spicy
Price
$263
Liquor
Bruichladdich 18 2001 Archives
Type
ABV
56.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Red licorice, sulphur, green banana, dark chocolate mint, toffee, plum crumble
Taste
Creamsicle, grape soda, blondie, sulphur, cinnamon toast
Finish
Pork chop/charcoal BBQ, banana, toffee, cinnamon hearts, buttercream icing, musty/dust
Price
$208
Liquor
Bruichladdich 18 2nd Edition
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Floral, caramel, peach, basil, rock candy, orange, heather
Taste
Butter, duck a l’orange, caramel, cereal, wood, honeydew melon
Finish
Orangescicle, floral chocolate, Smarties (the Canadian ones), brine, caramel, sand
Price
$208
Liquor
Bruichladdich 18 Second Edition
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Floral, caramel, peach, basil, rock candy, orange, heather
Taste
Butter, duck a l’orange, caramel, cereal, wood, honeydew melon
Finish
Orangescicle, floral chocolate, Smarties (the Canadian ones), brine, caramel, sand
Price
$933
Liquor
Bruichladdich 19 1989 – Black Art
Type
ABV
51.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Dry and herbal red wine. Raspberry, pomegranate, lingonberry, leafy, licorice, ink
Taste
Wine picks up. Calcium and chlorine, dry, herbal, earthy (twigs, leaves, dirt), dark chocolate and red berries.
Finish
Cherry lozenge, pomegranate, very winey now. Calcium. Long and dry, slightly sour on red berries.
Price
$227
Liquor
Bruichladdich 19 Duncan Taylor Dimensions 1992
Type
ABV
50.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Light and pleasantly gentle on the nose with a hint of soft fruit and dried grass, with some melon and caramel
Taste
Clearly tropical fruits, salted butter, traces of hay and anise – then comes the sweetness of jam, maybe plums – and some smoke
Finish
On the finish clearly almonds and pepper