The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.60
| Age | 15 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2009 | Alc. | 51,4% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 205 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Hogshead. The nose combines a fruit bowl with a sweetie jar against the fresh-scented backdrop od sun-dreid laundry and camomile lawns. The palate continues the sweetness (nougat) and fruit (mangos, bananas) and introduce some spice and dry finish Fragnant and approachable. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.61
| Age | 7 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2009 | Alc. | 68,2% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 667 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Sherry butt. Rustic, roasted and smoky. The unreduced nose has salteed caramel and butterscotch. Water turns the nose towards maple syrup and coffee beans. The initial palate is fierce though calmer with water: flavours include charred peat, burning rubber and explosive smoke. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.62
| Age | 6 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2009 | Alc. | 63,5% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 259 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon barrel. A feisty tongue-fizzer. The nose has lemon, apple and buttery fudge with doughnuts; in reduction, apple pie and custard, and later, eucalyptus. The palate, a fesity tongue-fizzer, has buttery apple notes and subtle smoke; water brings lemon zest to balance the vanilla sweetness. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.63
| Age | 7 y | Volume | 750ml |
| Bottled | 2009 | Alc. | 62,6% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 192 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon barrel. Cand floss by a swimming pool. The nose encompasses buttery lemon puffs, marzipan, Dubbined leather, menthol, furniture polish and candy floss. The palate has lots of zestry citrus tingles (lemon soothers, marmelade) with honey and toast; later turning floral and herbal, with impressive sweet chilli warmth. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.64
| Age | 7 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2009 | Alc. | 62,8% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 278 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon barrel. Potent and assertive. An unsusual nose, with the salty, floral freshness of the machair, honey, apricots and cured ham; with water, everything from juicy fruits to oil and steel. The highly poten and assertive palate has sharp fruits, hot spices, seaweed and sword-blades . Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.67
| Age | 8 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2010 | Alc. | 62,5% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 259 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Barrel. Islay twinned with Algarve. The nose has a delicate flower meadows, sea cliffs, coconut and cream soda; with water – sweet tobacco, sherbet straws and mimosa. The palate delivers sweet heat (Berwick Cockles, white chocolate, peppercorns). heather, bog myrtle, seaweed, leather, wood sap and Chablis. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich – SMWS – Society Cask 23.68
| Age | 8 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2011 | Alc. | 66% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 589 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Butt Sherry. Smoky Pavlova. The inttriguing nose has smoked chees, evostick, peppermint, tarragon and vanilla; also burnt ham, balsm, sea salt and mussels; water brings fermented apples, salted honeycomb and grappa. The neat palate is a chilli explosion with roast and chocolate. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) – SMWS – Society Cask 127.2
| Age | 8 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2010 | Alc. | 66,3% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 247 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Barrel. On the Beach. Bath salts and dentist´s mouthwash in a barber´s shop. Only when you taste does smoke hit you, along with intense sweetness and salt spray. Water modifies the smoke to burnt marshmellows, with faded creosote behind. Complex for it´s age. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) – SMWS – Society Cask 127.4
| Age | 8 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2010 | Alc. | 66,8% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 238 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Barrel. On the road to Kathmandu. Smoky and herbal, the nose also has maritime notes, heather, bacon and tar. Water elicits “hippy fragrances” and new laid roads. The palate, sweet, herbal and meaty, has smoke and flames dancing on the tongue; lowers, chocolate, liquorice and fudge. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) – SMWS – Society Cask 127.5
| Age | 8 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2011 | Alc. | 66,8% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 243 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Barrel. On the Beach. Morning Dew on Islay. The fresh nose brings maram grass, bonfires and sea breezes; water releases shellfish, vanilla cream and chilli. The neat palate is sweet and peppery with tobacco smoke, dark chocolate and star fruit, changing to seafood with cream, onions, salt and pepper. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) – SMWS – Society Cask 127.6
| Age | 6 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2011 | Alc. | 65,2% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 241 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Bourbon Barrel. Send out an SOS! The nose has charcoal, mustard, sticky toffee pudding, pumice and heather; water brings out beach barbeques (charcoal embers, smoke, hot rocks). The palate is eye-watering, breath-taking and manly, with pork ribs, lavender, heather honey, big smoke, burnt lemons and petrol. Cork stopper. | ||
Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) – SMWS – Society Cask 127.7
| Age | 7 y | Volume | 700ml |
| Bottled | 2011 | Alc. | 66,6% Vol. |
| Distilled | na | Bottle no. | One of 687 |
| Comments | Cask type: Ex refill Sherry Butt. A sense of elemental freedom. Balls of twine in a boat-shed, with putty and creosote, and a barbeque outside (ashy steaks, smoke dough)- a taste like “inhaling wood ash”. Water introduce grubby smoke, engine oil and fish-cakes, and the taste is now smoky and medicinal. Cork stopper. | ||





















