Many comment on our vivid and vibrant blue/green colour (how could you miss it?), and there are many theories as to where it came from. It tends to be a “love it or hate it” colour – which is very Bruichladdich in itself!
The latest to pose the question is the peakperspective.com blog who comment on the origins and purpose of our beguiling “funky not-quite-blue-not-quite-green color”. Thanks peakperspective, and allow us to shed some light.
In the 49th year of the club's existence, local rugby club Helensburgh RFC, capped a hugely successful 'Double Championship winning season' with victory at Murrayfield, in the 2012 RBS National Bowl final.
The club's first ever 'Treble' coming just one season ahead of the 50th year celebrations was perfectly timed. Helensburgh beat Dunbar 13-7 in the final to be crowned 2012 RBS National Bowl Champions.
The French have a problem with Bruichladdich. To be more specific, with the nom de plume "the laddie".
Whether it's a reflection of the French education system, the mesmerising influence of the kilt, or some deep-seated deviance, the French continually mistake laddie for lady, a confusion that could have deeply embarrassing results, particularly in Thailand.
The two words don't even look the same, let alone sound similar:
It's a common perception, particularly among new whisky drinkers, that all Islay whisky is peated, and all peated whisky is Islay.
This is not the case.
Winston Churchill's detractors accuse him of having been an alcoholic. The evidence, however, contradicts that.
His daughter, Lady Soames, recalls that the "Papa Cocktail" was a smidgen of whisky covering the bottom of a tumbler, which was then filled with water and sipped throughout the morning. In his autobiography 'My Early Life', Churchill claimed he earned this habit as a young man in India and South Africa. "The water being unfit to drink, one had to add whisky and, by dint of careful application I learned to like it." Churchill remarked to those who took whisky neat, "you are not likely to live a long life if you drink it like that."
According to a team of Japanese scientists, led by K. Koga, older whisky not only tastes better, but it stops you losing your marbles.
How do we recommend enjoying our Bruichladdich single malt whisky? You are welcome to taste them neat, however we recommend that our single malts are best enjoyed with the addition of extra still spring water to release the natural aromas and reduce the strength to your preferred level according to mood. This may well be around 40% ABV – or less.
Bruichladdich is one of the fifty most unpronounceable names in Scotland according to the Scottish Miscellany.
The BBC’s 'House of Cards' is the perfect political thriller.
Ian Richardson is cunning with his portrayal of the statesman who will stop at nothing and no-one in order to achieve the office of Prime Minister.
A new search has been launched to find Scotland’s oldest whisky distillery by the University Of Glasgow.
A number of distillers have claimed the title of the Oldest Distillery in Scotland over the years but now researchers at the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Brewing Archive have been putting these claims to the test and have discovered a surprising new contender.