Review: Brora 30 Year old Bot. 2007 - Beauty in a bottle
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Date:
5th Jan 2010
2010-01-05T12:36:00
Region:
Highland
ABV:
55.7%
Review:
Nose: Peat straight up, with plenty of those Brora'y notes, direct from the farm. It can best be described as standing in a barn, just after a heavy downpour. Cows, wet fur, soaked earth - quite the smell. With time the peat converts to more classic wood smoke. With water: The peat takes a back seat to the farmyard smells.
Taste: Huge! The peat is aggressive and comes right at you. Really hard to believe that this one is 30 years old. Tar and quite citric. With water: Softer, with slighty softer sweeter notes.
Finish: Very concentrated, full, long with great balance, like a lovely concentrated lump of peat sitting right on the middle of your tongue.
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Comments
Jean-Luc wrote:
I've never tried a Brora but this sounds really interesting, how does it compare against other 30 year old whiskies in your experience?
Kaspergvalentin wrote:
It's a different beast then most whiskies. It's more "civilised" if you like, then most Islays, a better way of putting, would be, it retains it's highland character while being peaty. It's still very aggressive and "in your face" - but it doesn't really share the characteristic ageing traits, you'd hardly believe that it's 30 years old, very powerful with very little oak - I'd say late teens early twenties if I didn't know any better. It's quite the whisky, and very unique.
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