Brora 30 Year Old Bottled 2009

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 30 Year Old bottled 2009

My friends keep telling me I need to taste a 30 Year Old Brora. To get them off my back (just kidding!), I’m doing this today. It’s the 2009 release, of which I got a sample (because 250 quid for a bottle is above my budget). The nose is wonderfully creamy and spicy with peat and salt, white fruit and baked banana. Some furniture polish, but also...

Score 91/100

Brora 30 Year Old bottled 2009

More samples! Nose: Cheese! goat cheese and salted manchego. Oily, waxy, and a touch nutty. Some vanilla in the back. Plastic a la putty (it's actually appetizing). The peat and smoke are there, but just barely. Just a hint of grapefruit and sweet lemon. Pinch of salt. (with water) more farmy and smokey. Still some cheese back there. Honey and...

Score 93/100

Brora 30 Year Old bottled 2009

Nose: Mild peat, vinegar, black pepper, tart orange peel, cut grass, charcoal, brine, a faint whiff of wet hay. Additionally, there are sweeter notes like malted milk balls, vanilla custard, and lemon tart. The oak is nicely balanced. Taste: At first, sweet malt, toffee, almonds, crème brûlée, dark and bitter chocolate, browned butter, charred...

Score 94/100