Whisky Review: Bruichladdich Black Art
Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 4, 2010
Bruichladdich Black Art
1989 Single Malt Scotch Whisky (19 Years Old)
Bruichladdich (Pronunciation = Brook Laddie) distillery was built in 1881 on Hebridean Isle, in what is now known as the Islay region of Scotland. It was one of many distilleries, which despite it long history and tradition of whisky making, was closed in 1994 due to industry consolidation. The distillery no longer produced whisky, but the existing stocks left inside continued to age. The good news is that on 19th December, 2000, the distillery was purchased by a small band of investors. It was renovated and reopened, and on May 21, 2001 the distillery once again began to distill whisky.
This small band of investors has proceeded to turn the Scottish whisky world upside down. They love to blend and bottle their whisky in small artisan production runs using a multitude of unique finishing casks. Borrowing ideas from their own past experiences, they are bringing to market a variety of one of a kind whiskies, the like of which the Scottish Whisky World has never seen before.
The Bruichladdich 1989 Black Art is just such a bottling. Master Blender, Jim McEwan, used 1989 Vintage whisky stocks and a secret combination of wine finishing casks to create this unusual Vintage Single Malt Whisky. Although I have tried to find out which types of wine casks were used to finish this whisky, my research was to no avail. Apparently, Mr McEwan didn’t allow anybody to see. All we know is what is written on the bottle, which is where I will start the review (click on the link below to read the full review):
Review: Bruichladdich Black Art
As per my usual style, I have added an original cocktail I call The Warlock.
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