Glengoyne is unique in producing highland single malt whisky matured in the lowlands. There are nine active distilleries and the industry is the islands second largest employer after. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. This is your first encounter with bruichladdich an islay. Bruichladdich distillery stepping back in time and into the. Like all alexander murray vintage malts, this single malt scotch. Dont worry if the colour varies a bit from year to year. The harveys were a dynastic whisky family that had owned two glasgow distilleries since 1770. A history of the scotch whisky distilling industry. It was founded by the harvey family in 1881 and remained in their posession until 1929 when it was mothballed. Bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881 by the harvey brothers who had inherited glasgows yoker and dundas hill distilleries from their father william harvey iii. He had grown obsessed with bruichladdich whisky, an unheralded product known.
Bruichladdich legendary distiller jim mcewan to retire. The bruichladdich distillery was built in the year 1881 by the brothers robert, william and john gourlay harvey. Early days the bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881 on loch indaal in the furthest west part of islay. Visit bruichladdich distillery on your trip to bruichladdich. Bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881 by the harvey brothers dynasty. The three bothers wanted to complete their hat trick of distillers so they effectively operated and ran a distillery each, pooling their interests in an attempt to dominate the whisky industry. Bruichladdich unpeated, port charlotte heavily peated and octomore super heavily peated, along with the botanist gin. John montgomery, took over the middle octomore farm tenancy around 1815. World wars, recessions, industry cartels, family feuds, and deception make it a surprise that the distillery is still around today. It is best to book the tour in advance as your first choice may not be available. Bruichladdich distillery 2020 all you need to know. Sadly bruichladdich, a distillery i love, seems to be flirting with the smoke and mirrors of nas and fancy bottles. We invite you to join us on an indepth tour of our distillery discussing the. Bruichladdich distillery 2020 what to know before you go.
Inspired by an entrepreneurial flair and a youthful enthusiasm, the harvey brothers began construction of the bruichladdich pronounced brookladdie or broolahdee distillery in 1881. Home to bruichladdich, port charlotte and octomore single malt whiskies and the botanist islay dry gin. William harvey would run bruichladdich until his death in 1936. Its like the story of the good samaritan, mcewan says.
Bruichladdich distillery stepping back in time and into the future in early 2016, mrs. My visit to bruichladdich was part of my first visit to islay. Also, if you book your bruichladdich distillery vacation package in islay island with travelocity, youll get access to our best travel discounts. This still, like our 22 island botanicals was foraged from the old inverleven distillery in dumbarton, scotland and brought to islay on a barge. At the time, the distillery was stateoftheart and today the equipment continues to be used unchanged. Benedikt luening shows how the distillery works and tasts the range from the distillery.
Its recent history has been fascinating, from its resurrection by mark reynier in 2000, to the bittersweet purchase by remy cointreau for a staggering. Bruichladdich is gaelic bruchladdich or bruikladdie and means corner of. Distillers bruichladdich since 1881 bruichladdich distillery is located on the southwestern tip of the remote hebridean island of islay where we distil four unique spirits. Statistically speaking, octomore is all about peating levels. I was soon to learn that the size of his heart was even greater. Jan 27, 2012 an introduction to bruichladdich distillery by crows nest films. The distillery was mothballed 19291936, during wwii and 19952000. Bruichladdich distillery, bruichladdich, argyll and bute, united kingdom.
Today, all that is left is the port charlotte brand and some. Except that, blink once, youve passed by a white, twostory stonewalled compound. The distillery was built in the year 1881 by the brothers robert, william and john gourlay harvey. A slow, simmer distillation gently unfolds in a uniquely modified lomond still. Bruichladdich distillery the home of heavily peated. He was the unsung hero of the distillery s revival. The distillery is located on the isle of islay near the lake indaal. Last week in the magazine, kelefa sanneh wrote about the bruichladdich distillery, on the scottish island of islay, and a former wine dealers mission to reinvent the local scotch business. Bruichladdich was built in 1881 by the harvey brotherswilliam 32, john 31 and robert 23on the shore of loch indaal, on the rinns of islay, the westernmost part of the island. Toeing the line of tradition may not be in this distillerys dna, but they pay tribute to the craft in their own unique way. Book your tickets online for bruichladdich distillery, bruichladdich.
Thats a long history, no doubt, and one best explained by the man himself from a post on the bruichladdich website from a few years back when he celebrated 50 years i started work for bowmore distillery on 1st august 1963 as an apprentice cooper. Every year is different each fresh vintage a new chapter in the unfolding story. I like that bruichladdich has tried to resurrect the port charlotte facilities, too, even though. The distillery was based in the village of port charlotte on the grounds of the former lochindaal distillery 2 miles 3 kilometres southwest from the bruichladdich distillery. The botanist is the distilled essence of the house of bruichladdich. I would suggest anyone visiting islay to include a tour of this distillery as part of their stay on the island. Single cask exploration of islay single malt scotch whisky. Bruichladdich scottish barley the classic laddie whisky. Bruichladdich whisky buy bruichladdich whiskies online. Bruichladdich distillery dominates the tiny settlement of bruichladdich and looks out across the main a847 to loch indaal and to the village of bowmore on the lochs far shore. When our victorian distillery was resurrected in 2001, we had a choice to make. Bruichladdich is an unpeated whisky rare among other distilleries on the island, with only bunnahabhain doing likewise. Bruichladdich distillery the official website of bruichladdich distillery. Five years later, the bruichladdich distillery company was founded and renovation and refurbishment commenced.
Bruichladdich is gaelic bruchladdich or bruikladdie and means corner of the beach or gentle slope of the sea. Following the death of william harvey in 1936, however, the distillery changed hands a number of. Green berets ultralight bug out bag with gear recommendations duration. Looking back at almost two decades worth of work, we cast our minds back to where our barley obsession began. Bruichladdich distillery warehouse experience my visit to bruichladdich was part of my first visit to islay. Find the best deals on bruichladdich distillery vacation packages, backed by our daily hot rate deals.
The global banking and financial crisis that unfolded shortly thereafter put paid to the independent companys immediate ambition to rebuild lochindaal while returning it to the name with which it was originally endowed. Bruichladdich distillery is located on the southwestern tip of the remote hebridean island of islay where we distil four unique spirits. What is perhaps even more surprising is that most of the distillerys original. Mar 08, 2016 the bruichladdich brookladdy is an iconic distillery on the island of islay eyelah. The harvey family had owned and operated distilleries in scotland since 1770. It is one of two gins made on islay, and is distinctive for its addition to the nine customary gin aromatics of a further 22 locally picked wild islay botanicals. Bruichladdich distillery stepping back in time and into.
Bruichladdich was originaly built in 1881 by john macdonald of glasgow tollcross for the harvey brothers robert, william and john gourlay, a family who already owned yoker and dundashill distilleries in glasgow, the latter being the largest malt distillery of scotland at that time. Bruichladdich 10 year port charlotte single malt scotch. The first time i met duncan in bruichladdich s shuttered days it was the size of his hands which struck me the most. Apr 29, 2018 our distillery of the month for april is one that sits on islays west coast, has a topsyturvy history and has proven itself to be one of the top innovators in recent whisky history bruichladdich. A history of the scotch whisky distilling industry rassam, clive, harveyjones, sir john on. Bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881 by the harvey brothers who had inherited glasgows yoker and dundas hill distilleries from their father william harvey iii, who died in 1862 at the age of forty.
Bruichladdich distillery stepping back in time and into the future. Over the past years, the distillery has changed hands many times and had frequent closures, but since 2000 it has been reborn, and is yet again at the forefront of scottish whisky distilling. Soon after this memorable moment in bruichladdich history, in the summer of 2012, the distillery was bought by remy cointreau, a french drinks giant. Aug 08, 20 it is no secret that i like bruichladdich whisky. Bruichladdich is a small, entrepreneurial distillery located on the remote scottish island of islay. It is these botanicals and the two local botanists who collect them that give the product its name. The harvey family ran the distillery until william died in 1936. It is one of two gins made on islay, and is distinctive for its addition to the nine customary gin aromatics of. The laddie, as it is affectionately known, is often considered to be the fruitiest, most inventive islay malt and, indeed, there has been some contention as to whether it has. This story has roots in an email sent by an american agent to the distillery when one of.
The port charlotte peated whisky we make speaks of the long history islay has of producing peated whisky. We offer the closest hotels with 247 social support. Book a hotel near bruichladdich distillery, islay island. At the bruichladdich distillery you can book tours of the distillery and tastings inside the warehouses. But my appreciation for the distillery isnt just about good single malts.
Islay is one of five whisky distilling localities and regions in scotland whose identity is protected by law. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The distillery is known for being blessed with some of the best spirit in scotland, helped by the tall. The distillery was founded in 1881 and was awarded distillery of the year several times. This unpeated islay single malt whisky is 1 of 850 bottles and was bottled at. The island, famous for its distinctive peat smoke infused whiskies, is home to eight distilleries, including a number like lagavulin, laphroaig, and bowmore whose illustrious histories are part of the folklore of scotch whisky. Islay distilleries tend to be white painted with black details and, usually, have the name of the distillery in large black. Octomore is the worlds most routinely heavilypeated single malt whisky, produced by bruichladdich distillery on the isle of islay. Looking back, its clear how uniquely positioned he was in the history of islay and bruichladdich, having become friends with mark reynier more. It was built in 1881 by the harvey brothers, who owned the dundashill and yoker grain distilleries in glasgow. Bruichladdich distillery is situated on the shores of lochindaal on the isle of islay.
Bruichladdich acquired most of the old distillery buildings and ground back in 2007. Bruichladdich distillery all you need to know before you. The distillery produces three distinct single malts. The original bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881, but the history that really matters is far more recent. We do not need to produce these whiskies along with the unpeated bruichladdich but we want to because we are curious and proud distillers. The man behind bruichladdich interview the book of man. Dedicated to the preservation of handdistillation methods, bruichladdich takes an approach of nonstop exploration of barley, peat and cask in its creation of diverse and innovative single malt whiskies. Whatever time of year you choose to visit bruichladdich distillery in islay island, its always a good idea to reserve a package deal. Did a great tour and lots of sampling well by non driver. It is a natural product and not everything can be produced in the same way. The distillery was constructed in 1881, at the peak of the phylloxerainduced late nineteenth century whisky boom, by william, john and robert harvey. The official youtube channel of bruichladdich distillery, islay. Located upon the highland line, the division between the highlands and lowlands of scotland, glengoynes stills are in the highlands while maturing casks of whisky rest. Octomore pushes the boundary of exploration of flavour in single malt whisky.
Since its inception in 1881, bruichladdich distillery has had a tumultuous existence. For five decades, the brothers descendants of a dynastic whisky family owned and operated the distillery. My advice to anyone booking a tour at bruichladdich is book a taxi. Founded 1881 by william, robert and john harvey the number of stills was increased from 2 to 4 in 1975. Bruichladdich was to be the very antithesis of an islay farm distillery a cathedrallike still house that enveloped 6metre tall stills designed to produce the purest spirit possible. They have discontinued the 10 and put this out to replace it at the same price where i am but fudged on the age and hoped that jim mcewans beguiling words would win us over. The distillery produces mainly single malt scotch whisky, but has also offered artisanal gin. The book not only features the established distilleries on islay bruichladdich, bunnahabhain, bowmore, ardbeg, caolila, lagavulin, laphroaig and jura, mull and skye talisker but also the lost distilleries of port ellen and port charlotte and the soontobebuilt kilchoman distillery on islay. Built in 1881 by the harvey brothers, bruichladdich distillery sits opposite the western shore of loch indaal on islay, an island off the west coast of scotland. Bruichladdich distillery feature page on undiscovered scotland. The botanist is an artisanal islay gin made by bruichladdich distillery. Bruichladdich distillery is a distillery on the rhinns of the isle of islay in scotland. Bruichladdich may have been described as a working distillery museum, but in its day it was one of islays most modern plants and today is one of scotlands most innovative. Honouring duncan mcgillivray bruichladdich distillery.
Book your next bruichladdich distillery, islay island vacation today. The first batch, distilled in 2002, was peated to 80. Mcewan, according to the distillery, will retire this july after 52 years in the whiskey industry. The word bruichladdich can be translated as rocky lee lefthand shore, which makes total sense when you look at a map. Bruichladdich distillery was built in 1881 by the brothers robert william and john gourlay harvey in an idyllic spot on the shore of loch indaal. In fact, every bruichladdich scotch features a signature saltcitrus tang.
Like the best french winemakers, bruichladdich pronounced brookladdie makes much of terroir, producing whiskies that taste of the surrounding fields and waters. The oldest bruichladdich, distilled in 1964 and matured in bourbon casks was released as a 40 year old, of which only 500 were made available. Visit the islay distillery to taste it for yourself, wheth. A history of the scotch whisky distilling industry clive. In 2004 bruichladdich was the first distillery to grow barley locally on islay for its single malts, probably the first time this had been done in the islands history. Bruichladdich distillery was established in 1881, and the bruichladdich distillery co name was first used five years later. Port charlotte distillery bruichladdich distillery. Glengoyne distillery is a whisky distillery continuously in operation since its founding in 1833 at dumgoyne, north of glasgow, scotland. Mar 14, 2020 my visit to bruichladdich was part of my first visit to islay. The picture shows the distillery hall with boilers in the bruichladdich distillery on islay island, scotland, tuesday, 05 september 2006. Port charlotte distillery was a purposebuilt distillery, founded in 1829, which was still in operation until 1929. I was booked in on the warehouse experience which was an ideal way to get an introduction to the whisky of bruichladdich.
Bruichladdich distillery on islay was built in 1881 by the brothers robert william. The three brothers, already established distillers from glasgow, owned the yoker and dundashill distilleries. Br ln pl oc bruichladdich distillery one of two distilleries on the rhinns of islay, the western peninsula of the island, bruichladdich was founded in 1881. The port charlotte distillery is a storied name in the history of islay whisky distillation.
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