Hello and welcome to my Bruichladdich whisky collection. As you have dropped on this page, I presume that you have an interest in this wonderful whisky distillery.
 
This is not a website of every single bottle of Bruichladdich. For many genuine business reasons, the early 2000’s saw new release after new release and at a point, I thought that I can’t keep up. However, my passion for the distillery remained and as well as buying casks to be laid down for the future, I decided to focus on the past and the time before the distillery came into new ownership through Murray McDavid under Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright’s leadership in 2000.
 
Whilst the distillery was created in the late 1800’s, those bottles I presume are never to be seen again. Furthermore, I’ve yet to see a bottle from any period up to the 1940’s but there are quite a few with a distillation age from the mid-late 1960’s through to the turn of the century as the distillery was passed through the different custodians. This collection focuses on that period and I have tried to segment the collection into appropriate sections based on the ownership timeline or the style of branding on the bottle. It soon became apparent to me that despite the bottles looking the same, the labels and tops had differences. Whether this was a 70cl bottle as opposed to a 75cl, or an alcohol strength percentage difference, or a change of font or a screw cap as opposed to a cork or ……there are multiple. Is it art ? or possibly a reflection that in the 70’s & 80’s they simply used what was at hand …..the subtle differences though, certainly sparked a degree of interest for me and over the last 20 years or so I have managed to add many of these such bottles to the collection. 

Showing within the collection are over 190 bottles across traditional looking (70cl/75cl) versions, smaller sized (33cl/35cl) bottles, several 1 & 2 litre products; the majority of which are glass although ceramic and glass decanters are also included. Some are normal UK bottles, others which have been produced for the European & U.S. marketplaces. Each section under the main heading has drop down options, where there are more than one style of bottle within that era.

To be clear, whisky is for drinking though. Why else go to the difficulty of making it – which despite studying it countless times, still seems quite often like alchemy to me! These bottles are not like many modern versions where the packaging plays a part in the consumers eyes and wallet. These are from a time when they were bought solely for drinking; for the product which was contained within the glass and not for the designer label and all the marketing trappings such modern bottles often bring. Most simply come alongside a basic cardboard box, with age not being kind to many of these. The bottles shown here, whilst currently sealed will hopefully one day be opened to be enjoyed, or at least be passed to someone to enjoy in the future. Fortunately, I do have a few open bottles of this era to sample the whisky as it was produced 40-50 years ago.
 
Please note, this collection is not complete! Most bottles have been bought through contacts & whisky friends from all over the world or at auction and I am extremely grateful to those who have assisted me in my endeavours. I am aware of various bottles which are missing and I’m sure there are plenty more.  If you have an old green glass Bruichladdich bottle……….. I’d love to hear from you! In fact, if you do have any old Bruichladdich bottle which you notice is not included within this website, please do let me know – even if it’s just to update my records. 
 
I have also tried to keep away from Independent bottlers of which there are significant volumes too. The vast majority in my collection are distillery issues, showing the classic curved Bruichladdich logo with the main exceptions being the imports into the Italian market in the 1980’s & 90’s. For these bottles, I am also aware that my collection has ‘room to expand’. Every bottle has a price and it’s clear that certain people have very deep pockets; their ‘investment’ reason for buying a bottle often means that they have greater means than my ‘passion’ provides for. I will keep on trying though.
 
Additional elements you will find within this site are miniatures, items of Bruichladdich marketing and associated memorabilia from the same time, all of which I also find interesting. It finishes with the inaugural valinches the distillery offered when they re-opened alongside a few of their first bottlings which I happened to buy at the distillery, one sunny day in August 2001 when visiting. 
 
If you notice an error on this website (and I’m sure there are a few), please try not to criticise! Neither is the website designed to be fancy & glitzy….I learnt as I went along my WordPress journey and have tried to keep it factual and functional. It appears to look cleaner & more formatted using a laptop as opposed to a phone or tablet. I am not an expert and have only put together the bottles into groups as I think they fit based on my knowledge and the research I have completed. Please, do inform me and guide me if you know differently and the website will be updated reflecting this additional information when it is submitted. Contact details are showing on this site. As you will also soon tell, neither am I an expert photographer. Hopefully I have captured all the required detail within the photos but if you do have a query and would like extra clarity (some of the labels are difficult to read on the photos), please likewise contact me and I will be happy to help.