Sold outApr 2023In short · Royal Brackla (Highland), 15 years.
“The nose had wine cellars (musty, but great to be in!), rolling tobacco, salted caramel, chamomile and pollen-laden bees flying over a new garden fence.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 55.77 is a single cask of Royal Brackla, in the Highland region, 15 years old, bottled at 55.1%, released in the Apr 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 55.x is from Royal Brackla.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the Cawdor estate near Nairn, Brackla was built in 1812 by Captain William Fraser and in 1833 became the first distillery granted a royal warrant, by William IV, whose 'King's Own Whisky' it became. Long fermentations and tall stills run slowly for plenty of copper contact give a light, fruity spirit that takes beautifully to sherry wood. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).