Braeval 10 Year Old Cigar Malt Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

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 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 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 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