Home
Up
The Programme
Reservations
General Information
Academy Photo Gallery
Endorsements

Got A Thirst For Knowledge?

The Ultimate Whisky Experience: Make Your Own Whisky.

For the public and trade alike wanting to learn considerably more about single malt whisky, Bruichladdich provides the rare opportunity to experience ‘hands-on’  the art of  distilling - the Victorian way.

Stay for 4 nights in the Distillery Manager’s house,  limited to a maximum of 6 guests, you will work alongside our craftsmen on a one-to-one basis as they go about their craft of milling, mashing, distilling, tasting and bottling our whisky. 

Bruichladdich was built in 1881 as a state-of-the-art distillery; the  testament to the simplicity of the layout and the quality of equipment is that nothing has changed ever since.  Today, while essentially considered a museum in comparison to others, the  original production equipment is  still in use, with  not a computer or microchip in sight.

Here is the opportunity to make whisky the traditional way, to live Islay’s culture, see the heritage,  and experience the  magic.  We do not claim any teaching qualifications, nor do we rely on classroom study, or facile industry indoctrination.  Instead we offer the Islay way of down-to-earth, independent, friendly knowledge-sharing.   We tell it the way it really is.

Of course corporate marketing/propaganda events already exist. But a genuine, independent, Whisky Experience?  Nowhere else will you get this.

The Bruichladdich Academy Whisky Experience

Read the online journal of Jonny Raglin owner of Proper Potion Consulting here

Susan Purnell's Academy Diary

Read the "School of hard liquor" by Ken Winchester in the Times Colonist here

Read a Wall Street article about us and the Academy here

Read an article from Professor Walter Schobert's Whisky Watch here

Feel The Spirit

The Academy season runs from April to November  at a cost of £795 per person or contact Ella on +44 (0)1496 850 910 or by email ella@bruichladdich.com

Distillery Destinations are able to organise other distillery visits on the mainland should you wish to extend your visit in Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 429 0762 Email info@whisky-tours.com www.whisky-tours.com