Braes of Glenlivet 1979 15 años Cask #16040 Signatory

Braeval Scott's Select

Generally I am not a big fan of Glenlivet although Nadurra has changed by opinion of distillery bottlings, but this is a very nice dram. Cask strength, distilled in 1973, bottled in 1999 Nose: grapey, fruity Palate: almond, vanilla, cherry, oatmeal, malt W H2O: spicey, apple 80-85

Score 80/100

Braeval Signatory 1998 14YO

I got this to tick off another distillery from my untried list. This distillery is generally just blend-fodder for Pernod,(I think they're the owners) so single-malt releases are rather rare. The nose is a light floral affair with green apples, slight spiciness and pears. Fairly standard stuff, but I detected a slight whiff of citrus-lemon too. A...

Score 68/100

Braeval 21 Year Old 1991 Brachadair

A new, Belgian independent bottler has risen to the challenge with the resounding name Brachadair (I was told this is Gaelic for Man of Malt). The bottle was presented at the Whisky Festival for Indepenent Bottlers in Grammont (Belgium), where I first tried it. I was given a sample to taste it again at home to write proper tasting notes. The nose...

Score 85/100

Braeval Braes of Glenlivet 18 yo (Duncan Taylor)

From The Whisky Club website (because I’m too lazy to paraphrase the information): “Braes of Glenlivet was built by Chivas and the Glenlivet Group in 1973. It is situated in the Livet Glen in Speyside, and is located near to its namesake, the Glenlivet distillery. The distillery was expanded throughout the 1970s and today the six stills...

Score 85/100