Royal Brackla 1974 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Royal Brackla 13 Year Old 1991 Gordon & Macphail

I have only ever tried two Brackla and was unable to write notes for it (for one was at a stag party and the other during a birthday party). Time to change that. This Brackla – oh, sorry, I mean Royal Brackla – it 13 years old from 1991 and bottled by the most famous Indie from Scotland. The nose is very creamy. Fat, in fact. All butter....

Score 80/100

Royal Brackla 2001/2009 Gordon & MacPhail:

Shape matters, especially when it comes to the glass you’re using while enjoying your daily dram or scribbling notes down like me. Today's review is a bit different, as part of a little experiment, I’ll try to explain in my own words, how much different the experience is between using a regular tumbler or a tulip-shaped Glencairn. One would expect...

Score 83/100

Royal Brackla 1991 16 Year Old

N.b.: This is a review of the 2009 bottling of the 1991 Royal Brackla from Gordon & MacPhail (the linked bottle is the 2006 bottling). I picked this up at a G&M tasting night a month or so ago. I decided to open it tonight and revisit what I remember to be a very nice expression. It turned out to be as nice, if not better than I remember....

Score 85/100

Royal Brackla 19 Year Old 1997 Berry Bros & Rudd

King William IV visited the Brackla distillery in 1835. He enjoyed the whisky so much, that he offered them a Royal Warrant. Since then the distillery is known as Royal Brackla. In 1998 the distillery became the property of John Dewar & Sons. There are not many official bottings, but there is a whole range with the independents. This is one...

Score 84/100