Comments on: Bruichladdich X4: Exclusive Picture

By: Michael J Wood

Michael J Wood — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:12:49 +0000

Bruichladdich made their whisky from malted barley. The original sources I have read (with no supporting archive I might add) say :”The trestarig and usquebaugh‑baul, are both made of oats.”
The oats would give different structures but no doubt similar results !

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:05:40 +0000

It smells a little like gin or dutch ‘jenever’, but the taste is without discussion whisky, and a nice one indeed. For around €40/bottle it’s well worth the bang for the bucks. Jus wish they’d bottle it at full 90%, without water!

By: The Basics of Distillation « The “Officially Unofficial” Bruichladdich Blog

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:41:49 +0000

[...] has created a quadruple-distilled monster called “X4” that is nicknamed “Perilous Whisky.” When it went into the casks it was over 90% [...]

By: butephoto

butephoto — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:16:29 +0000

I often wish that more distilleries would sell the new spirit, but not at this kind of price.

By: bgulien

bgulien — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:39:01 +0000

BruichLaddich as we know and love it.
Still have some X4+1, so I will wait a few years till it matures a little bit more.
The X4 has a lot of potential, but at 2 years it has some way to go.

By: Pär Caldenby

Pär Caldenby — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:45:31 +0000

Well,

It is about 313 years late for being an innovation as such, obviously, but a re-discovery perhaps? Having tried the X4+1 at Bruichladdich, it is obviously not yet a whisky such as we know it. But it is on its way. And if one just adds another distillation to Auchentoshan or Hazelburn, it would very much still be a whisky, only stronger in alcohol and even more refined. It would not be akin to vodka, I’d say, after only one more distillation, provided there is a decently wide spirit cut etc.

I think it is a fair extension and the excitement and debate it has produced would suggest it is also commercially viable. Bit rich on the hype, perhaps, but then again, I’m not too keen on much marketing these days anyway…

I will be interested in trying this. Pity it wasn’t released at full blaze strength though. One point of sale lost, if I may say so.

/ Pär