The third release of the cult Port Charlotte Islay single malt whisky has been bottled and named "PC7 - The Islay Way". From the same inaugural vintage stocks distilled at the Bruichladdich distillery in 2001, this year’s version was bottled in October 2008 at seven years of age. The American oak matured spirit, now a year older, has a natural cask strength of 61%, the ‘trickle distilled’ whisky becoming more compelling with each bottling. Distilled from barley peated to 40 ppm - it is one of the heaviest peated whiskies around, in direct contrast to the minimally peated Bruichladdich. This limited release allows connoisseurs to follow the extraordinary evolution of this heavily peated spirit by comparing with the earlier bottlings of PC5 and PC6. Controversially, there are again six tin designs celebrating the contribution of the broader community, an integral part of the unfolding Bruichladdich story.