Brora 1974 26 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Brora 1982 20 Year Old

Nose: very attractive Highlands style, fruity (peach, apple, lemon), a bit perfumed even but slightly austere at the same time. Some smoke and peat but quite subtle and on par with the fruitiness. A few salty notes (sea-air, iodine, oysters). Hints of shoe polish and paraffin. Some leather. Very balanced. Mouth: malty and spicy, with a firm kick...

Score 90/100

Brora 19 Year Old 1982 Silver Seal

Brora is almost legendary, rivaled for cult status only by Port Ellen. So I feel privileged to put two Brora samples H2H today. I will start with this rather pale 19 Year Old Brora, that was bottled by Silver Seal in 2001. The nose is very light with hardly any smoke and mostly nuts, prunes and spring flowers. No smoke nor oak. I would never have...

Score 86/100

Brora 1981 Signatory - 18 Year Old

This is the first ever Brora I have ever tasted, although, I have a couple of original bottles stashed in my bar for a momentous occasion. I have always been fascinated with this distillery given it's consistently well-reviewed bottles; original or independent. Now I'm a bit wary of independents given the uncertainty of flavor one may find in...

Score 93/100

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