There are seven main categories of New Spirit distilled at Bruichladdich:

Bruichladdich
Traditional Bruichladdich - the mainstay of our distilling program – uses Optic Scottish barley with a phenolic content of around 5 ppm. Producing an elegant, floral spirit of great complexity. A whole Bourbon cask may be purchased here.

Port Charlotte
Distilled since 2001 and named after the ex distillery of the same name. This is heavily peated in the original 1881 style of Bruichladdich using Scottish Optic barley peated at 40 ppm. It unites the elegant spirit with peat aromas – without the medicinal character associated with some other Islay's.

Octomore
Distilled since 2002. Octomore is a farm on the hills above Port Charlotte. It was the site of a now long gone distillery. Distilled from Scottish Optic barley peated to a minimum of a thumping 80ppm. This is the world’s most heavily peated whisky.

Organic
Since 2003, an increasing proportion of our barley is organically grown in Scotland. A variety of different farms are used. The barley is harvested, malted, fermented and distilled separately to obtain highly individual spirits. Each has a specific characteristic derived from the growing environment, soil and micro climate – or “terroir”.

Islay-Grown
In December 2004, Chalice barley was distilled from barely grown on Kentraw farm, 1 mile from the distillery. It was grown on south-east facing slopes, above Lochindaal on soils consisting of marine deposits that had not been cultivated for at least a decade. We believe that this is the first Islay grown whisky to be distilled in recent times. In 2005 ‘Bere’ the original Viking-introduced barley was grown for the first time.

Triple Distilled
In July 2005 the first ever Islay triple-distilled whisky “Trestarig” was made at 84%. Over 300 years ago it was noted by traveller and author Martin Martin that a triple-distilled whisky called Trestarig was drunk in the days before central heating as a cure against the cold and damp of the Western Isles.

Quadruple Distilled

In March 2006 the first ever Quadruple distilled single malt was made at 90% alcohol.”X4 - PERILOUS WHISKY” is the highest strength single malt spirit ever. From the oldest tasting note by Martin Martin in 1695: "…the first taste affects all the members of the body: two spoonfuls of this last liquor is a sufficient dose; and if any man should exceed this, it would presently stop his breath, and endanger his life.” .