Brora 1983 18 Year Old Silent Stills Cask #40 Signatory

Brora 1977 35 Year Old 12th Release bottled 2013

This is a whisky that was distilled in 1977, that's even before I was born!! That by itself was enough to get me really excited to taste this expression from the legendary (now silent) Brora Distillery. Nose: The American and European Oak casks where this spirit resided for 35 long years make a strong impact right at the beginning with lots of...

Score 91/100

Brora 27 Year Old 1981/2009 Duncan Taylor cask #291

from a purchased sample Nose: Ah, really something. Almond skins, waxy, damp pebbles, lemon, putty, and oily. Superbly balanced. Ginger and very lightly peaty/smoky. Very lightly sweet, too, almost on peaches. In the depths, you get that tar/diesel that's so typical of Brora, but this is all rather elegant and refined. Hints of something green and...

Score 97/100

Brora 1982 20 Year Old

Brora is the stuff of legend, certainly older Brora. This 20 Year Old was bottled by Diageo in their last, often praised and by now almost unaffordable, Rare Malts Selection in 2003. The nose is surprisingly sweet on white fruit and honey. A nice salty lining with a hint of smoke. The sweet fruit is perfectly balanced by a limited dose of peat....

Score 88/100

Brora 30 Year Old 1976/2007 Douglas Laing Platinum

from a purchased sample Nose: Lightly peaty with that perfect Montrachet that's got a touch of sweetness. Lemon, a gorgeous waxiness. Pepper, ash, and putty. Oh, Brora, how I love when you do this. Ginger, coastal, and farmy, but mainly on hay. It has a slightly salty and medicinal note. More brutal and sharp than the other two in the line-up,...

Score 96/100