Braes of Glenlivet 1989 Beinn a'Cheo

Braeval 18 Year Old 1995 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Braeval was founded in 1973 as Braes of Glenlivet by Chivas Brothers, which is also the biggest client for their blending purposes. There are no official bottlings at this point, so we need to look at independent bottlers to try this malt. This bottling from Gordon & Macphail contains an 18 Year Old Braeval from 1995 – the year after Chivas...

Score 83/100

Braeval 2001 / 14 Year Old / Old Particular

Because its whisky is used primarily for blending purposes (in this case by Chivas Bros.), Braeval is one of those seamlessly endless Speysiders that escape the notice of many malt drinkers. I have been spending the last year or so trying to sample as many of these under the radar malts as my budget will allow (most are not available in the U.S....

Score 88/100

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

Braeval Brachadair 1991/2013

Distillery #64: Braeval (or Braes of Glenlivet, if you like). My first whisky from this distillery and for my first dram I've picked a bottle from a Belgian bottler called Brachadair (Gaelic for malt man). They had no releases back in 2014, so maybe they are not even active anymore. Although Braeval has no official releases, many consider it to be...

Score 90/100