Brora 1982 21 Year Old Lombard

Brora 30 Year Old bottled 2005

In many ways this specific bottle has been my “white whale.” It has won a great deal of acclaim: whiskyfun gave it 94 points, Jim Murray gave it 97 points, and it won a gold medal from the Malt Maniacs in 2007 (which is high praise given the varied tastes of those gents). I was all set to buy a bottle back in 2009 . . . but I couldn’t get my...

Score 97/100

Brora 30 Year Old bottled 2009

Brora 30yo (2009) 53.2% OB 8th Release 2652 bottles This is a sample I picked up from Master of Malt. I have said it before, and will say it again: I don’t trust sample reviews. It is like trying to decide if you want to marry a girl based on one facebook picture. All it can really tell you is that you might want to ask her out. So take this...

Score 88/100

Brora 1982 20 Year Old

Brora is the stuff of legend, certainly older Brora. This 20 Year Old was bottled by Diageo in their last, often praised and by now almost unaffordable, Rare Malts Selection in 2003. The nose is surprisingly sweet on white fruit and honey. A nice salty lining with a hint of smoke. The sweet fruit is perfectly balanced by a limited dose of peat....

Score 88/100

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