Royal Brackla 1970 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

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 13 Year Old 2000 Blackadder Raw Cask

The Brackla distillery – founded by Captain William Fraser of Brackla in 1812 – can be found close to Cawdor Castle, famous from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In 1835 it got a royal warrant from King William IV and since then they call themselves Royal Brackla. I am trying a rather young malt from 2000, bottled by Robin Tucek and his team in 2014 in...

Score 83/100

Royal Brackla Infrequent Flyers 12 Year Old

This is from a sample courtesy of @Wierdo (cheers again, mate!) and will be my first try of any Brackla. Bottled from a single hogshead by Infrequent Flyers, and is also my first sample from them too. Review is from a 25ml pour with a tsp of water and it's a lovely light hay colour. Nose - soft and sweet are my initial impressions with sherbert...

Score 87/100

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