Royal Brackla 10 Year Old

Royal Brackla 10 Year Old 2011 Anarchy of the Lads

The girls and boys of BYOB-C, or 'biopsy' or Bring Your Own Bottle Club, have released special twins under the name Anarchy of the Lads. One bottle contains a 10-year-old Royal Brackla on sherry, the other a 12-year-old Glentauchers on sherry. And the labels together form a beautiful whole. Amusing. We'll start with the youngest of the two. Oh,...

Score 85/100

Royal Brackla Infrequent Flyers Royal Brackla 12 Year Old

A dual first for me. My first Royal Brackla and also my first bottle from the Infrequent Flyers range a fairly new independent bottler owned by Alistair Walker son of the famous (in whisky circles) Billy Walker of Glendronach, BenRiach and more recently Glenallachie. I'd normally review a whisky first without water and then comment on what it was...

Score 88/100

Royal Brackla Signatory 1993/2011 Cask 3091+3092

Extremely light in colour, pale straw. A little bit green and grassy with some dandelion. First taste has some heat and some spicy cherry wood flavours that come through. Overall impression is very mild. Light-bodied with a short finish.

Score 76/100

Royal Brackla 10 Year Old 2006 Highland Laird

Royal Brackla was founded in 1812 near Cawdor Castle – on the border between Highlands and Speyside. Cawdor Castle is also the backdrop for Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but I digress. This 10 years old is from the stables of Bartel Rawlings, who bottled it at cask strength in their Highland Laird series. I already tried an nice Auchentoshan 1992, but...

Score 86/100