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12th September 2011 |
Brora 32 Year
Old
 From
the now closed distillery at Brora on
the coast, this Brora 32 year old is the
tenth of a limited series of annual
releases and this is the oldest release
so far. The annual allocation of Brora
has extended the availability of this
irreplaceable malt but stocks are now
depleted, so get it while you can.
Aged for 32 years in refill American Oak
& refill European Oak casks then bottled
at a strength of
54.7% ABV, it is a limited edition of
only 1500 individually numbered bottles
worldwide (less than half recent
releases) and has a RRP of £300.
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Brora 32 Year Old Tasting Notes
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Appearance:
Antique gold. Bright, with good beading.
Nose:
Modest but complex. Mild nose-feel, yet
with a white pepper prickle. Immediate,
sharp freshness, rising over sweet malt
with fragrant wood smoke curling in the
background. Gradually more fruity (baked
apples with red-currant jelly, lemon and
lime zests) then waxy (warm candlewax)
with a trace of hessian, faint spearmint
and creamy vanilla. Late, cleansing
notes. Water freshens and sweetens
things, liberating fresh menthol and
floral notes underscored by soft, lemony
biscuit, or Madeira cake.
Body:
Dense. Oily and smooth. Medium.
Palate:
At natural strength, fizzy and spicy.
Subdued at first; sweet to start, with
subtle smoke followed by sweet, charred
notes (burnt fruit cake) then distinctly
salty and drying. Smoother to drink with
water: lightly sweet, then still salty
and drying, with less spice, and now the
burnt fruit-cake has become a soft,
chewy, iced Danish pastry.
Finish:
Long and warming, with late smoke and
crushed black peppercorns. Later, traces
of wood ash. Creamy and cooler with
water; sweet with faint smoke and mint.
Summary:
Magnificent, and excellent at cask
strength: the coastal, smoky, savoury
Brora character is here sweetly softened
in a malt that’s courteous yet informal;
it has the depth and complexity of age
yet also a spicy, lively twinkle, like a
favourite uncle.
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