Bruichladdich Re/Define Thirty 30 Year Old

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.

Released in 2024, the Re/Define Thirty was matured entirely in bourbon casks; 50% entirely in refill hogsheads, and 50% re-racked into fresh bourbon casks after 20 years. These were then married together for a further three months in refill bourbon barrels.

Following in-line with the previous Re/Define Eighteen release, the bottle is presented in a recyclable cardboard sleeve in place of a tube.