Braes of Glenlivet 18 Year Old 1994 Berry Bros & Rudd

Braeval 21 Year Old 1991 Brachadair

A new, Belgian independent bottler has risen to the challenge with the resounding name Brachadair (I was told this is Gaelic for Man of Malt). The bottle was presented at the Whisky Festival for Indepenent Bottlers in Grammont (Belgium), where I first tried it. I was given a sample to taste it again at home to write proper tasting notes. The nose...

Score 85/100

Braeval 15 Year Old Deerstalker

Deerstalker is a Scottish bottler from Glasgow that only offers three single malts: Allt-a-Bhaine (12yo), Balmenach (10, 12 & 18yo) and Braeval (10 & 15yo). Originally it was a wine and spirit merchant from Leith who founded Deerstalker around 1880 to bottle blends, but since 1991 the brand is in the hands of a Scottish company called...

Score 81/100

Braeval Scott's Select

Generally I am not a big fan of Glenlivet although Nadurra has changed by opinion of distillery bottlings, but this is a very nice dram. Cask strength, distilled in 1973, bottled in 1999 Nose: grapey, fruity Palate: almond, vanilla, cherry, oatmeal, malt W H2O: spicey, apple 80-85

Score 80/100

Braeval Braes of Glenlivet 20 Year Old 1994 Kintra

It has been rather quite at Dutch independent bottler Kintra. No releases in 2016 and only 4 in 2015 including this one. That has everything to do with the fact that they owner is currently working hard in his own brand-new distillery Wagging Finger, where all attention at the moment goes to their new gin (which is lovely, by the way). This Braes...

Score 83/100