First Impressions
Brora occupies a unique place in whisky mythology.
Distillery & Heritage
Built next door to Clynelish in 1819 (originally called Clynelish itself until the new distillery took the name in 1968), it ran heavily peated spirit during the early 1970s to supply Islay-style malt during a shortage. Closed in 1983 alongside Port Ellen, Brora became a silent stone shell on the Sutherland coast for 38 years. In May 2021 spirit ran again.
Tasting Notes in Detail
Brora's signature is wax. That oily, candle-wax texture shared with neighbouring Clynelish but amplified by age, married to a farmyard peat that's utterly unlike Islay.
Verdict
One of Scotland's truly mythic drams.
