Brora 1977 26 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

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 40 Year Old 1978 - 200th Anniversary

Brora, having been founded in 1819, celebrates its 200th anniversary. In style, mind you, and even that is an understatement. They released 1819 bottles of a Brora 40 Year Old 1978 in a box that will blow you away… if the price tag of 4.600 has done that first. Mouthwatering, but just unbelievably expensive. It is – together with the Port Ellen 39...

Score 92/100

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

Brora 30 Year Old bottled 2007

The Brora 30 Year Old has appeared yearly since 2002, always at cask strength. The first 9 release (I already tried the 8th about a year ago) were always 30 years old, but the 10th is a 32 Year Old and this year’s 11th is already 35 years old. But lets go back in time to 2007, when this 6th Release appeared. The nose immediately takes you back to...

Score 95/100