Name: Brora 1971 DL
Brand: Brora
SKU: 3925
Rating: 92.91 (50 reviews)

hs305 scored this whisky 96 points

10 jul 2022 1:58 pm

[July, 2022] Last night we did another of these 3M-tastings (Mega-Monster-Marathon) in memoriam of good old Roland (R.I.P.) who introduced me into the wonderful world of single malt whisky: Six people, six hours and sixty drams (small measures only, because otherwise we would have ended up at the hospital).

In such a setting it is neither possible nor does it make any sense to write detailed notes hence take my scores with a grain of salt. This was the menu after a "warm-up" with four private cask samples (not rated):

01) Aberlour Glenlivet 1965, 8 years old, dumpy square bottle, pale colour, 50% WB5993 ~ 90 points
02) Aberlour Glenlivet 8 years old, dumpy square bottle, dark colour, 50% WB158028 ~ 92 points
03) Springbank 1973 Samaroli Ageing Monography, 15 years, 50% WB21389 ~ 93 points
04) Caol Ila 1978 GM, casks 5347-351, 11553-564, 13 years, 63.7% WB29413 ~ 91 points
05) Slim Cowell's Personal Selection II (Glen Garioch), 1972, 15 years, 60.0% WB45342 ~ 95 points
06) Slim Cowell's Personal Selection III (Glen Garioch), 1973, 15 years, 60.5% WB146707 ~ 94 points
07) Slim Cowell's Personal Selection IV (Glen Garioch), 1975, 15 years, 56.0% WB143920 ~ 93 points
08) Glen Cawdor 1976 (Glen Garioch), Samaroli, 57.0% WB121474 ~ 92 points
09) Inchgower1974 TWA private stock, 37 years, 60.6% WB28329 ~ 92 points
10) Bowmore 1989 TWA private stock, 22 years, 43.9% WB28483 ~ 89 points
11) Caol Ila 1984 TWA private stock, 27 years, 49.5% WB34021 ~ 92 points
12) Caperdonich 1972 SV Sailing Ships, casks 7130-2, 16 years, 40% WB23773 ~ 91 points
13) Irish Single Malt 1989 TWA for TWE, 27 years, 46.8% WB108763 ~ 91 points (unusual double distillation only at Bushmills)
14) Tamnavulin 1966 TWA private stock, 44 years, 44.9% WB18650 ~ 91 points
15) Aultmore 1974 TWA private stock, 37 years, 41.2% WB28676 ~ 92 points
16) Clynelish 1972 TWA private stock, 38 years, 45.8% WB17240 ~ 95 points
17) Glenfarclas 1969 SV dumpy, casks 52-54, 20 years, 58.2% WB12666 ~ 93 points
18) Fragments Of Scotland Orkney 1977, Samaroli, bottled 1988 50% WB3972 ~ 92 points (Highland Park)
19) Old Pulteney Pure Highland Malt, GM 8 years, 40% WB151788 ~ 90 points
20) Laphroaig 10 years Cask Strength 1000ml, very first (test) batch for duty free only, 57.3% WB38563 ~ 95 points (very fruity, contains mid-70ies stuff most probably)
21) Oban 13 years The Manager's Dram, bottled 1990, 62.0% WB9873 ~ 88 points
22) Bruichladdich 1968 Stillman's Reserve, 25 years, 45% WB113139 ~ 90 points
23) Macallan 1965 OB, bottled 1983, 17 years, 43% WB11236 ~ 93 points
24) Lagavulin 12 years, old green ink label, 43% WB13018 ~ 95 points (very dark colour due to high share of sherry casks)
25) Lagavulin 12 years, old white label without glass horse, 43% WB56654 ~ 93 points
26) Ben Nevis 15 years, OB bottled 1981 40% no WB id ~ 93 points
27) Talisker 1953 GM, old CC label, 24 years, 43% WB16701 ~ 92 points
28) Ardbeg 1974 GM, new map label, bottled 2003, 43% WB7855 ~ 93 points
29) Ardbeg 1974 GM, old map label, bottled 1996, 40% WB6301 ~ 92 points
30) Ardbeg 1974 GM, old map label, bottled 1994, 40% WB12156 ~ 93 points
31) Ardbeg 1974 GM, old map label, bottled 1993, 40% WB17457 ~ 93 points
32) Ardbeg 1974 GM, old map label, bottled 1991, 40% WB33242 ~ 94 points
33) Springbank 15 years, brown ceramic book, 43% WB57174 ~ 93 points
34) Bruichladdich 1965 GM, casks 5525,5530,5531, 25 years, 53.5% WB16888 ~ 90 points
35) Bruichladdich 1966 Moon Reserva Veronelli, bottled 1983, 53.5% WB14053 ~ 92 points
36) Ardbeg 1974 SSMC, cask #4377 19 years, 55.1% WB11798 ~ 94 points
37) Aberfeldy 19 years The Manager's Dram, bottled 1991, 61.3% WB26 ~ 93 points
38) Rosebank 15 years Unblended Single Malt, 75cl Zenith Italia, 50% WB3455 ~ 91 points
39) Ardbeg 1967 DL, 32 years, 185 bottles, 47.5% WB5563 ~ 90 points (unusual green colour, strange taste)
40) Brora 1971 DL OMC, 29 years, 258 bottles, 50% WB3925 ~ 96 points
41) Longmorn 1969 GM Limburg Whisky Fair, cask #3724, 38 years, 54.6% WB3697 ~ 93 points
42) Springbank 1965 Alte Tabakstube, cask MM 1980, 30 years, 53.8% WB12393 ~ 94 points
43) Ardbeg 1973 Dun Eideann, cask #3933, 17 years, 55.4% WB17211 ~ 95 points
44) Ardbeg 1972 Dun Eideann, cask #3444, 18 years, 58.9% WB22995 ~ 94 points
45) Longmorn 1972 GM, cask #1078, 38 years, 53.9% WB22210 ~ 93 points
46) Glen Garioch 1968 OB, cask #614, 29 years, 54.4% WB7312 ~ 94 points
47) Springbank 1966 OB, cask #489, bottle 157, 31 years, 52.0% WB8801 ~ 96 points
48) Talisker 1955 GM, cask #1315, 37 years, 50.4% WB23839 ~ 94 points
49) Ben Nevis 1966, OB 75cl, 26 years, 59.0% WB6306 ~ 95 points
50) Ben Nevis 1966, OB 75cl, 25 years, 59.0% WB28465 ~ 96 points
51) Bowmore 1971 Sestante, 14 years, 57.7% WB53113 (but different label) ~ 95 points
52) Bowmore 1966 DL, cask #3317, 40 years, 43.2% WB2192 ~ 97 points
53) Avonside Pure Highland Malt 1938, 33 years, sherry wood, 43% WB157130 ~ 91 points (very interesting dill herbal flavours)
54) Laphroaig 1966 SV dumpy, cask #559, bottled 1996, 48.6% WB8206 ~ 95 points
55) Laphroaig 1967 SV dumpy, cask #2957, bottled 1994, 50.1% WB3139 ~ 95 points
56) Ardbeg Over 10-years old, CA dumpy for SCOMA, 58.5% WB46394 ~ 94 points

No more drams this evening! And please remember: Whisky was rather made for drinking than for herding...

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