Over the past 130 years, the distillery has changed hands many times and had frequent closures, but since 2000 it has been reborn, and is yet again at the forefront of Scottish whisky distilling.
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The distillery was mothballed in 1995 and was bought by Murray McDavid, and Islay-born Jim McEwan, formerly Bowmore manager, rebuilt and restarted the distillery. Initially mainly producing unpeated whisky, the distillery introduced two extra makes heavily peated Port Charlotte and smoky Octomore.

This 1969 vintage Bruichladdich was bottled in February 1996.

70cl/55.2%