Brora Distillery (Closed 1983)
ABV 56.9%
A lovely coastal malt. It's a shame that its surviving brother Clynelish is more muted.
Michael Jackson
Rare Malts Selection
Brand
1977, 21 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
21
Age (Years)
56.9%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Very appetising. Fresh sea air. Salty. Seaweed on the rocks. Fragrant, smoky.
Palate: Oily, tarry, chewy. Very spicy indeed. Stinging flavours. Lots of flavour development. Grassiness. Gorse. Flowering currant. Sweet mustard.
Finish: Pepper. Hot mustard. Grainy. Cumin.
Comment: A lovely coastal malt. It's a shame that its surviving brother Clynelish is more muted.
Score: 8.5
Taster
Nose: Bracing and intense. Sea-spray and sawdust and the lightest of smoke. Marvellously evocative and appealing.
Palate: Fat, massively bodied with powerful peat that was missing on the nose. The saltiness seeps through and the malts remains clean and chewy.
Finish: Intense vanilla and then drier oaky tones battle against the lingering sweet peat.
Comment: What a fabulous whisky of extraordinary complexity and wonderful balance. Masterful.
Score: 9
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