Bruichladdich 2001 Private Bloodtub Cask 12 Year Old #770

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 and 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.

This whisky was distilled in November 2001 and aged for 12 years in single Bloodtub cask #770. It was bottled at cask strength in October 2014.