Royal Brackla 1975 22 Year Old Cask #5455 Signatory

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 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 14 Year Old 1992 Cadenhead

Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection always means whisky at cask strength. This Royal Brackla was distilled in 41992 and bottled in 2007 from a bourbon cask. Creamy and spicy nose. A lot of white fruit with Pink Ladies up front. Wood shavings. Aniseed and almonds. Opens slowly. Not spectacular, but far from bad. Adding water pushes the fruit away...

Score 83/100