Detailed Description
A 1972 Brora bottled by Douglas Laing for The Whisky Shop in the early 2000s after 30 years of maturing in a sherry cask.
Brora 1972 30 Year Old Sherry Cask Old & Rare Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes
Nose: Aroma is very pleasant.
Palate: This is extremely smoky with exceptionally balanced in flavour.
Finish: Teasing, heathery, delicious.
Distillery Information
The Brora distillery was built in 1819 by the Marquess of Stafford, although it was known as “Clynelish” until the opening of the Clynelish Distillery in 1968, whereupon the name of the original Clynelish was changed to “Brora”. Between May 1969 and July 1973, Brora produced a heavily peated whisky to supply for blending; this was done to cover a shortage of Islay whisky caused by a drought in that region. Most of the whisky produced as Brora after 1973 is in the lightly peated Highland style.
