A Flight of Bruichladdich I: A Gin and Three Whiskies

In July 2015, Jim McEwan, who’d served as Production Manager/Master Distiller at Bruichladdich since it resumed production in 2001, retired after more than 50 years in the industry, and Allan Logan, who’d come up through the ranks since its reopening, took his place. Logan was recently in Edmonton for an industry tasting, which consisted of The Botanist gin, The Classic Laddie, the Black Art 4, the most recent release of the Port Charlotte, and four different bottlings of the Octomore (which are covered in a separate posting).

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