A limited edition Brora, bottled and released by Diageo in 2017.
The 34 Year Old distilled in 1982, a year before the distillery shut up shop!
With this amazing Brora whisky, as well as getting to sample a stunning whisky you also get the opportunity to sample a little piece of scotch whisky history!
Bottled at 51.9% and aged in refill American oak hogsheads, there are just a limited amount of 3,000 bottles available.
Nose: Spicier and slightly dusty tones of earth and browning leaves develop in the weightier, savoury centre, which shows fresh-peeled bark, turmeric and mace. There’s barley sugar and a hint of orange juice or tinned pineapple too.
Palate: At first it’s sharper than you expect, with fruit, chili and fresh-ground black pepper. As the heat subsides, fruity dark chocolate and soft barrel-char smoke appear, with damp oak, apples and aniseed.
Finish: Some spice in the finish, as earthy chocolate, barley sugar and aniseed slowly fade to leave sweet-spicy oak, tart apple and chocolate-covered delight, with a final quick burst of black pepper and sweet fruit.
Jim Murray has scored this Brora 34 Year Old 2017 Release 88.5/100 in his 2020 Whisky Bible, ‘Nose kinds of sums things up perfectly: skeletal fingers of age are all over this: citrus offers sinew and a little smoke the flesh…!!