Bruichladdich 1970 Valinch 'Malcolm Cowen's 40th Year as a Distributor' / One of 15

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.

The Valinch bottlings are 50cl single cask releases, available exclusively from the distillery. Later versions have also been hand-filled by distillery visitors.

This whisky was distilled in 1970 and aged in a ex-Bourbon cask. It was bottled in May 2002 to celebrate Malcolm Cowen's 40th Year as a Distributor. Bottle number 2 of 15.