Brora 30 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 64 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Foursquare and solid. Musk. Lanolin and a butiric note. Smoke, cigar leaf, wet leather. Palate Immediate robust smokiness. Coal scuttle. Slightly biscuity. In time wood and a coriander seed spiciness. Slightly salty. The butiric note is just apparent. Rich and powerful. Finish Oily and long. Robust. Comment A big beast, but the butiric knocks its score down.

Arthur Motley Nose Intense, with a sweet burning rubber, scorched treacle toffee, peat. An essential oil character too, somewhere between rosemary and tea tree. Some coal tar soap and ghee. Palate Spicy, peaty: kappow! The peatiness and the spices remind me of Moroccan food. Finish Harissa paste. Comment A real bruiser, that comes out with fists flying.