BRUICHLADDICH - Bere Barley 2012 - 50%
Bruichladdich Distillery is located on the island of Islay , Scotland . It produces Single Malts whiskeys under three labels: Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte and Octomore . The distillery also makes The Botanist Gin. The distillery was built in 1881 by the Harvey brothers. After family disputes, William Harvey ran the business until a fire in 1934 and his death in 1936. Over the following decades it changed hands several times and was finally closed in 1994. In 2000 Bruichladdich was acquired by a group of investors led by Mark Reynier of Murray McDavid (also known today for his Waterford whiskeys in Ireland). The entire distillery has been dismantled and rebuilt, although it retains its Victorian equipment, it is gravity fed and has no computer controlled processes. In 2012, the company was acquired by Rémy Cointreau . The Bruichladdich distillery attaches great importance to the origin of the barley in its production and marketing.
The Bruichladdich range is unpeated, heavily peated expressions are released as Port Charlotte and the Octomore series is a limited edition series with the highest peat levels of any Single Malt.
Bruichladdich Bere Barley is made from the 'Bere' variety of barley , a six-row barley that has been grown for over 5,000 years, producing incredibly low yields. Since 2005, the distillery has been working with the University of the Highlands and Islands Institute of Agronomy to reintroduce Bere barley into the distillation process. Bere's 2011 crop was grown and supplied by Orkney College Institute of Agriculture in partnership with Sydney Gauld (Quoyberstane). Planted in April for harvest in September, the 2011 growing season was mostly hot and dry, until the crucial cutting period when there were very few days without rain. Distillation took place in 2012, and the whiskey was aged for 10 years in first-fill Bourbon casks .
Not peated
