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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 label of this edition in the affordable The Whisky Trail range states that this is a 6-year-old single malt whisky from the Cawdor Spring Distillery. But that doesn't exist... We think it's a Royal Brackla-malt, matured in a bourbon cask (61.2%).
'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.
This 18 year old single malt whisky is one of the core bottlings of the Royal Brackla Distillery in the Highlands. The whisky is finished in Palo Cortado shery casks. That sherry influence is not overpowering, and in balance with the fruitiness of Brackla
In 1835 the Brackla Distillery became purveyor to the court, with the predicate 'royal'. Still, the single malt whisky always stayed modestly in the background. But now in our shop this 12 year old bottling, aged in a bourbon cask. At 52.9% cask strength.
This Royal Brackla bottling was released in the Lady of the Glen's Rare Cask series. The single malt whisky, awarded with the predicate 'royal', is 13 years old. It first matured in a bourbon cask and is finished in an oloroso sherry cask. (56.2%)
The Royal Brackla distillery, modest despite that 'royal' in the name, is located in the border area between Highlands and Speyside. For those who want to get to know their single malt whisky, this11 year old, nicely priced bottling is a great option.
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%
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