Bruichladdich 1992 Whisky Mew 27 Year Old / Dornoch Castle Whisky Bar 20th Anniversary

Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Dornoch Castle Whisky Bar. Selected by Hideo Yamaoka for The Thompson Family.

This Bruichladdich was distilled in 1992, matured in barrel #2865 and bottled in 2019.

Like its island neighbour Bunnahabhain distillery, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte & Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.