Posts Tagged “Finish”

Royal Brackla 16 Year Old (40%) – Whisky Review

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Royal Brackla 16 Year Old (40%) – Whisky Review

Royal Brackla distillery was the first of three distilleries that received royal designation, and was sold by Diageo to Bacardi, with the other Dewar’s distilleries of Aberfeldy, Macduff, Craigellachie and Aultmore in 1998, at the behest of antitrust regulators. Incidentally, reports have it that no maturing stock was included in the sale, but obviously seeing…

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Royal Brackla 12 Year Old (40%) – Whisky Review

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Royal Brackla 12 Year Old (40%) – Whisky Review

About two years ago, Bacardi announced ‘The Last Great Malts’, and I was excited, as the range was touted as being presented with age statements, non-chill filtered and at 46% ABV, or at least this was the impression everybody got from the PR. Apart from absolutely scandalous pricing of the higher rungs of the ranges (£330 for…

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