Royal Brackla 10 Year Old Flora & Fauna

Royal Brackla 11 Year Old 2011 Single Cask (Master of Malt)

My last taste of Royal Brackla was from a sample of the 12, which I enjoyed. I was tempted to buy a full bottle of the OB 12 but saw this for £10 cheaper and that it went the distance in a refill sherry butt - so hopefully no gloopy or domineering sherry notes. Bottle has one quarter left and review is with 1.5 tsp of water to a 30 ml pour. It...

Score 88/100

Royal Brackla 1991 16 Year Old

N.b.: This is a review of the 2009 bottling of the 1991 Royal Brackla from Gordon & MacPhail (the linked bottle is the 2006 bottling). I picked this up at a G&M tasting night a month or so ago. I decided to open it tonight and revisit what I remember to be a very nice expression. It turned out to be as nice, if not better than I remember....

Score 85/100

Royal Brackla 2001/2009 Gordon & MacPhail:

Shape matters, especially when it comes to the glass you’re using while enjoying your daily dram or scribbling notes down like me. Today's review is a bit different, as part of a little experiment, I’ll try to explain in my own words, how much different the experience is between using a regular tumbler or a tulip-shaped Glencairn. One would expect...

Score 83/100

Royal Brackla Duncan Taylor Dimensions 14 Year Old 1997

My third of three Duncan Taylor Dimensions samples - this one a 14 year old from Highland distillery Royal Brackla. They don't have much of a profile, with few bottlings - they were founded in 1812, and were the first distillery to receive a royal warrant, in 1835, apparently to help boost sales. I have no idea whether or not it worked. It...

Score 67/100