Brora 1972 25 Year Old Gordon & Macphail

Brora 23 Year Old 1981/2005 cask #1425

Nose: Big sherry, meaty sort of, quite some sulfur, but hey i like this! a bit of smoke, and a hefty load of brine, salty sort of, plum jam, apples, ripe figs and some dried fig high in sugar … lovely combination of sweet fruity jams, sugar and salty notes. if you do not like big monstrous sherry, then it’s not for you, however if you like it…...

Score 92/100

Brora 38 Year Old 15th Release

OK, this is a bit weird. I wrote tasting notes for the 12th Release of Brora, but those have not yet been published and now this one comes along: the Special Release 2016. I tried it at the recent festival Spirits in the Sky and would like to share my notes, so here they are. But those of the 35 year old are coming soon, I promise. Old school...

Score 92/100

Brora 32 Year Old 10th Release bottled 2011

When I hosted a tasting at a local retailer last summer, the sympathetic owner gave me a 10cl sample of this stuff: the Bora 32 Year Old. It is a very expensive, but highly coveted bottle, this 10th Release. I was very happy with it and tasted it head-to-head with the other two yearly Brora. The nose is rather closed. It needs time. If you indulge...

Score 91/100

Brora 1981 21 Year Old Sherry Cask

As this is my here on connsor I thought I would review a very special whisky from my personal whisky journey: Brora 21 year old by Douglas Laing’s Old Malt Cask (distilled June 1981; bottled October 2002) one of 360 bottles taken from an ex-sherry cask. Bottled at 50% ABV (for the USA market only). As this will be a very lengthy review for me...

Score 97/100