Brora, Prima & Ultima Fourth Release, 45 Year Old, 1977

Name: Brora, Prima & Ultima Fourth Release, 45 Year Old
Brand: Brora
Price: 15000 GBP

Available Vintages

all 1977

justerini & brooks tasting note

This Brora is an unrepeatable gem from the last 3 American oak hogsheads filled from the last distillation of the year on the 15th December 1977. In that cold and unusually dry December, as this last distillation ran into cask, the distillery was reaching the end of what we call its Age of Peat. The peat used at Brora had a unique character, different from Islay malts. It is believed that barley malted over its ‘reek’ gave Brora its classic ‘sweet peat’ style. At natural strength, there is a textbook oily, smoothly waxy texture, while the taste is sweet overall with light saltiness and smokiness, becoming spicier, with Cayenne pepper at the back. Delicious straight. A little water gives a certain sweetness to the taste but is not needed.