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Speyside
1973
Preenie and Kate’s wells
Chivas Brothers Ltd (Pernod Ricard)
Operational
No
+44 (0)1542 783042
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Braeval the highest working distillery
in Scotland was founded in
1973 by Chivas Brothers who at the time
was owned by Canadian distilling giant Seagram Co Ltd and for the
first 20 years of its life the
distillery was named Braes of Glenlivet.
The distillery was built to contribute
to the Chivas blend, in fact its entire
output was used for blending.
In
1994, the distillery name was changed to
Braeval to avoid confusion with its
sister distillery The Glenlivet
In 2001, Pernod Ricard acquired Seagram
which turned out to be bad news for
Braeval as Pernod Ricard decided to
mothball Braeval in October 2002 due to
over production.
After being
mothballed for six years Braeval
reopened in July 2008. Today the entire
output is still destined to go into
blends and there are no official
distillery bottlings but in the past the
odd cask has found its way into the
hands of independent bottlers. You can
find a few independent bottlings from
bottlers such as Hart Brothers,
Cadenhead, Signatory, Douglas Laing and
Gordon & Macphail.
As production
only resumed in July 2008 hopefully we
will see more independent bottlings in
the future
or perhaps even an official distillery bottling.
The Braeval distillery style tends to be
quite sweet, grassy, fruity and a bit of
spice.
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Braeval Tasting Notes
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Braes of Glenlivet 1975 Gordon &
Macphail
Nose:
Heavy freshness, fruity - fresh pears.
Malty with a vanilla edge. Subtle fresh
grass influence develops.
Taste:
Mouth warming, some delicate and rounded
spice present, sweet with malty
overtones.
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Braeval Bottlings
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You will find bottlings of
Braeval availble from the following
independent bottlers:
- Douglas Laing
- Hart Brothers
- Cadenhead
- Duncan Taylor
- Gordon & Macphail
- Signatory
- Deerstalker
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