Braes of Glenlivet 1979 Bottled May 2008 Mackillop's

Braeval Scott's Select

Generally I am not a big fan of Glenlivet although Nadurra has changed by opinion of distillery bottlings, but this is a very nice dram. Cask strength, distilled in 1973, bottled in 1999 Nose: grapey, fruity Palate: almond, vanilla, cherry, oatmeal, malt W H2O: spicey, apple 80-85

Score 80/100

Braeval 15 Year Old Deerstalker

Deerstalker is a Scottish bottler from Glasgow that only offers three single malts: Allt-a-Bhaine (12yo), Balmenach (10, 12 & 18yo) and Braeval (10 & 15yo). Originally it was a wine and spirit merchant from Leith who founded Deerstalker around 1880 to bottle blends, but since 1991 the brand is in the hands of a Scottish company called...

Score 81/100

Braeval Braes of Glenlivet 20 Year Old 1994 Kintra

It has been rather quite at Dutch independent bottler Kintra. No releases in 2016 and only 4 in 2015 including this one. That has everything to do with the fact that they owner is currently working hard in his own brand-new distillery Wagging Finger, where all attention at the moment goes to their new gin (which is lovely, by the way). This Braes...

Score 83/100

Braeval Signatory 1998 14YO

I got this to tick off another distillery from my untried list. This distillery is generally just blend-fodder for Pernod,(I think they're the owners) so single-malt releases are rather rare. The nose is a light floral affair with green apples, slight spiciness and pears. Fairly standard stuff, but I detected a slight whiff of citrus-lemon too. A...

Score 68/100