Royal Brackla 16 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail

Royal Brackla 12 Year Old 2006 The Whisky Agency for Taiwan

Close to Cawdor Castle – famous from Shakespeare’s Macbeth – lies the Brackla distillery, founded By Captain William Fraser of Brackla in 1812. Since 1835 she calls herself Royal Brackla after receiving a royal warrant from King William IV. This single cask from 2006 was selected by my Taiwanese friend Joseph Wang and sports the very lovely WeiWei...

Score 84/100

Royal Brackla Mackillop's Choice 1976 33yo

I've always wanted to try a really old malt but price is the barrier. This 33yo Royal Brackla however was just about affordable with pricing still only in double digits. And distilled just 30 days after I was born I therefore thought it was the perfect match. The colour is paler than I'd expect but with a very very spicy and slightly citrussy...

Score 89/100

Royal Brackla Duncan Taylor Dimensions 14 Year Old 1997

My third of three Duncan Taylor Dimensions samples - this one a 14 year old from Highland distillery Royal Brackla. They don't have much of a profile, with few bottlings - they were founded in 1812, and were the first distillery to receive a royal warrant, in 1835, apparently to help boost sales. I have no idea whether or not it worked. It...

Score 67/100

Royal Brackla 14 Year Old 1992 Cadenhead

Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection always means whisky at cask strength. This Royal Brackla was distilled in 41992 and bottled in 2007 from a bourbon cask. Creamy and spicy nose. A lot of white fruit with Pink Ladies up front. Wood shavings. Aniseed and almonds. Opens slowly. Not spectacular, but far from bad. Adding water pushes the fruit away...

Score 83/100