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The distillery started in 1812 in Cawdor in the border region between northern Highlands and the Speyside as the Brackla Distillery. The 'Royal' occurred in 1835 when the distillery became supplier of the British court. Royal Brackla has always remained somewhat modest in the background as a producer of single malt whisky, but the distillery played a major role in the 'revolutionary invention' of blended whisky. Andrew Usher, the man who invented blended whisky, used Royal Brackla single malt for his first blends. The vast majority of Royal Brackla's production still goes to Johnnie Walker Gold Label and Dewar’s, for example.
'The King's own whisky', the label reads. And that king is William IV who gave the Brackla Distillery in the Highlands the right to bear the title Royal. This 12-year-old Royal Brackla single malt whisky is finished in oloroso sherry casks. At 46% ABV.
The Belgian whisky friends club Double-V releases several times a year bottlings of whiskies that have matured in their private cellar. This is one of them: a 12-year-old Royal Brackla single malt whisky at 54.5% cask strength. For a great price!
Long ago, Royal Brackla's single malt whisky was the first malt used in the 'invention' of the blended whisky. But you can still taste Brackla whisky in its pure form. Like this 10-year-old bottling by Duncan Taylor that matured in a sherry cask. 53.8%
This Royal Brackla, bottled by Thompson Bros aged for 13 years in a bourbon cask. From that cask came a complex, pleasantly drinkable single malt whisky with fruity notes like lemon, green apple, and kiwi and notes like pine needles and cereal bars. 48.5%
James Eadie bottled 285 bottles of this Royal Brackla single malt whisky at a sturdy cask strength of 58.9%. The whisky from the Highland distillery, which is more than two centuries old, matured for 10 years in a scraped and then re-charred bourbon cask.
The Brackla distillery has been around for over two centuries and has been known as 'royal' for almost two centuries. Elixir Distillers bottled this 9-year-old, bourbon-matured Brackla single malt whisky in the Single Malts of Scotland series. (46%)
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