Brora 35 Year Old - Special Release 2014

INFORMATION

Brora 35 Year Old. Bottled by Diageo for their Special Releases in 2014. One of 2,964 bottles. 70cl. 48.6%.

The last of three 35-year-old Brora Special Releases that appeared in consecutive years between 2012-2014 was a limited edition of just under 3000 bottles assembled from a small batch of refill American and European oak casks and weighs in at a great natural cask strength of 48.6%. A tremendous dram, this 35-year-old is one of the most complex official Broras and has a wonderfully rich, creamy texture.

DISTILLERY:Brora

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:48.6%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:2,964

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Highland

BOTTLING DATE::2014

AGE:34

The distillery now called Brora was known as Clynelish for most of its working life, producing a remarkable coastal Highland style lightly peated whisky with an acclaimed waxy character. Clynelish’s success led owners DCL to build a second distillery on the site in 1967, which is the Clynelish we know today. 

The original Clynelish closed briefly in 1968, but reopened the following year as Brora to make a more heavily peated malt whisky for blending purposes. Sadly the distillery was later deemed surplus to requirements and was closed in 1983. DCL’s successors Diageo announced plans to reopen Brora in 2017 and after a lengthy restoration distillation recommenced in 2021.

Any Clynelish whiskies pre-dating the 1970s are from the distillery now known as Brora, as are most if not all of the old Ainslie & Heilbron official 12-year-olds that continued into the early 1980s. The most famous modern era Brora bottlings are the 1990s Rare Malts Editions (particularly the 1972 vintages) and the Brora 30-year-olds from Diageo’s Special Releases.