Brora 1972 DL Brorageddon

Overall rating: 93.93/100
votes: 56

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Brora
Bottler: Douglas Laing (DL)
Bottling serie: Old Malt Cask
Vintage: 03.1972
Bottled: 02.2003
Stated Age: 30 years old
Casknumber: DL 983
Number of bottles: 201
Strength: 50.8 % Vol.
Size: 750 ml
Added on: 22 Dec 2008 12:05 pm

Average value

€ 7409,00

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Whisky Reviews for Brora 1972 DL Brorageddon

6 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 93.93 points

lincolnimp scored this whisky 92 points
14 Jan 2018 8:26 pm

After last nights Port Ellen peat fest I thought I would continue the theme with some peated sherry monsters as follows in a mini H2H with some saved samples.
https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/5622/brora-1972-dl-brorageddon 93.93p

https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/15343/caol-ila-15-year-old 93.98p
https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/1215/talisker-20-year-old-1981 93.84pResult
Talisker 1981 20 year - 95 points
Caol Ila 15 year Mangers dram sherry - 94.5 points
Brorageddon 94 points (perhaps 93.5 is about right)

Basically they at all excellent.See https://www.whiskybase.com/contribute/group/73/topic/16768/the-head-to-head-whisky-thread-for-tastings-h2h?page=3
lincolnimp scored this whisky 92 points
14 Jan 2018 7:56 pm
I am grateful for getting hold of this sample, it is a great whisky.

I was expecting much more peat to be honest but it may be dampened down due to the heavy sherry.

Water is definitely not needed, great balance, a great cask bottled at the right time.

Kept the price point at 90 so not to affect the score too much , 3-4 years ago this was roughly £1000 and to think I thought was expensive, now look at it.
- Nose
  
  93 93
- Taste
  
  92 92
- Finish
  
  92 92
lincolnimp scored this whisky 92 points
14 Jan 2018 7:51 pm
If I was to be critical it would be that a little more noticeable fruit would make this even better but it is a quality dram.

Nose

Massive sherry, peat, coffee, stewed fruits of raspberry, blackberry, plum, prune and date.

Some orange and bubble gum notes emerge but they are faint.

Mixed in with the wood is mulled wine spice, smells really good.

Taste

The sherry is big but the peat is huge and it combines very well and it is quite syrupy. It settles down very quickly and gets quite dry on pastry and wafer notes.

Initially the fruit that the nose hinted at is hard to detect but the sherry is pretty flawless I have to say.

This is no sherry or peat monster, not like I was expecting but I mean that in a good way, the balance is near perfect.

The fruits come through now its all a stewed dark fruit salad mixed in with coffee.

The wood is singing loudly now , you feel it mixing with the sherry but it is not overpowering.

Red plums come in towards the end and damson jam.

Finish

Not as long as I thought it would be but everything is well perfect.
Furtia scored this whisky 93 points
02 Dec 2012 6:47 am
- Nose
  
  92 92
- Taste
  
  92 92
- Finish
  
  94 94
Willie JJ scored this whisky 93 points
11 Sep 2011 9:01 pm
Forget a double Espresso, this is the way to start the day.

Nose

More power! What an in your face dram. I love it. Dark bitter stewed
oranges, heaps of tannins, prunes, coffee grounds and cocoa. And
ocassionally through all this intensity there are some sugary vanilla
notes. I've sniffed and gone to heaven.

Taste

More stewed very bitter oranges, but tinged with a little sulphur. Leathery and delicious.

Finish

An explosion of spices that gives waves of sensation that keep on coming for ages. The coffee lingers until the end.
corbuso scored this whisky 96 points
13 May 2010 5:01 pm

1972 was a particular year for Brora, including many exceptional bottles, with all single casks sherry versions bottled by Douglas Laing.

This is the sister cask of the Brora 1972 for the whisky shop and the sherry is well present, as suggested by its dark amber colour. The peat is very present and marries very well with the sherry. It has also some nice mineral and maritime flavours, resulting in an excellent whisky, Lovely

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