Brora

Brora Rare Malts Selection 21 Year Old, 1998, 56.9%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 43
Average Score
Avg 70
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Description

A storied distillery in the Sutherland area of Scotland. Despite having closed in 1983, it developed cult status for the high quality single malt it had produced, particularly a peated style between 1969 and 1973. Such was its popularity, it was eventually rebuilt by Diageo and opened again in 2021. A historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were relea ...

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Whisky Online AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 16, 2026SGD 1,428.48
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Cask type
N.A
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Original box
Series highlights
Rare Malts Selection
Historical context
Brora closed in 1983, making this a release from a 'silent distillery' at the time of bottling. It also marks the end of the 'Age of Peat' for Brora.
Special release
Limited Edition
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Lovely aromas of flower meadow, creamy blossom honey, spices, subtle smoke, dry oak, sea salt, waxy fruit, smouldering bonfire embers, leather, heather, linseed oil, citrus peel, plastic, oranges, lemon, seaweed, dried bananas, baked sugar, brioche bread, kiwi, banana, coconut, juicy yellow grapes, floral hints, wood chips, sun-dried hay bales, freshly plowed field, corn husks, toasted marshmallows, fresh grass clippings, farm and mineral smoke, cut plants, toast with butter, mellow, dense, complex, scented candle wax, light mineral oiliness, sweet toffee.
Palate
Honey wine, fruit sweetness from yellow Campino candies, chamomile, herbs, earthy moss, smoky malt, brine, peppery spice, baked apple, charred oak, earthy peat, creamy vanilla, dried herbs, beeswax, tropical fruit, white pepper, chilli peppers, lemon, sea salt, rosemary, powerful, sweet, honey, vanilla, oak, fat, oily mouth-feel, soft, sweet peat, salty edge, spices, lemons, nutty, dried grasses, anise, earthy, fresh oak, hay, grass, tobacco, burnt caramel, cardamom, cranberry juice, oily, smoothly waxy texture, light saltiness, spiciness, Cayenne pepper.
Finish
Long, sweet, orange, intertwined residual smoke, warming, lingering smoke, dried fruit, coastal salinity, complex, dry, deeply satisfying, peppery kick, woody, salty aftertaste, burnt hay, rotted oak, heavily spiced chai, peat, salty sea air, gingery spice, menthol-like cool aftertaste.
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