BRUICHLADDICH 2009 ISLAY BARLEY 50% 700ML ISLAY SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY

Bruichladdich 2009 Islay Barley? 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. The Islay Barley collection from Bruichladdich initially used barley grown from a single farm on Islay, although more recent vintages contain a combination. This vintage uses barley was grown on three farms, Claggan, Cruach and Mulindry farms, and was distilled in 2009. It was bottled in 2015.