Bruichladdich 1988 Rare Cask Series 30 Year Old / The Untouchable

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.

Part of the Rare Cask Series, this whisky was distilled in 1988 and aged for 30 years in a combination of refill bourbon and unusual squat refill hogsheads.

One of 3,372 bottles.