BruichladdichTheClassicLaddieScottishBarley(700mL)

<p> A new standard of Bruichladdich Single Malt expressed in fresh, Single Malt wonder. </p><p><em>The Bruichladdich Distillery</em> is very impressive. In <em>1881</em> the <em>Harvey brothers </em>— who came from a Whisky family dynasty — built a cathedral-like, state-of-the-art Victorian still house with unheard-of six-meter tall stills. Now owned by <em>Remy Cointreau</em>, the distillery remains pretty much the same as it has for more than 100 years. They proudly practice <em>slow fermentation</em> and <em>slow distillation</em> using <em>traditional wooden vats</em> and huge washes made from towering <em>Douglas Fir</em>. The distillery produces non-peated Bruichladdich Single Malt, Port Charlotte which is peated in the classic Islay style, the heavily peated Octomore, and The Botanist Islay Dry Gin.</p><p><em>Head Distiller Adam Hannett </em>set out to craft a <em>signature Single Malt</em> to serve as the standard-bearer upon which the line would be defined. Calling it <em>“The Classic Laddie”</em> is a great way to set it apart and provide a pronunciation lesson at the same time. True to form, this Islay rebel has <em>zero peat</em> and <em>100% Scottish barley</em> and it’s aged in first-fill <em>ex-Bourbon casks </em>with no chill-filtration and no artificial coloring at 50% ABV.</p><p><u>Smartass Corner: </u><em>The name of the distillery is darned hard to say correctly. The trouble is that sometimes the “-ick” in Scot’s Gaelic is sometimes pronounced as a hard “k” and sometimes it’s silent. And in “Bruichladdich” there’s one of each. Say it this way: “Brook – laddie” and you’ll be close.</em></p>