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Brora
Whisky: Brora 1981-2000
Serie: The Old Malt Cask
Age: 18 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 09-1981
Bottled: 07-2000
Cask Type: Sherry
Bottles: 732
Strength: 50%
   
Distillery: Brora (Old) Distillery
Bottler: Douglas Laing (pre May 2013)
Country: Scotland: Highlands
   
 
Date: 16-06-2007
Nose: Glue, red fruit, wood, a little sherry, a little pepper.
Flavour: Salt, sweet, pepper, round, slightly rancid.
Body: Oily, fat, slightly dry, has a full lasting finish.
Comments: There's a instant flashback to a warm evening in the early autumn, buildings are radiating with the heat stored during the day, while some of the leaves in the trees are already starting to show their full autumn colors. Quite delicious.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++-- ---- (8.5)