North Star Spirits Royal Brackla 8 Year Old Single Pedro Ximenez Cask Series 23 Speyside Single Malt Whisky (2023) 70cl
1 of 272 bottles
Distilled in November 2014 and bottled in September 2023
The independent bottler 'North Star Spirits' presents us with an exciting single malt with this 8-year-old Royal Brackla. Distilled in 2014, it matured in a single PX sherry barrel until 2023. It was bottled by the renowned bottler North Star Spirits in what is now its 23rd series of releases.
The PX cask gives it the dryness, the speyside Royal Brackla gives us the smoothness to go with it and charred caramel layered over vanilla & oak. The PX adds the chocolate, raisins, dates and figs to the mixture to give us a young but vibrant cracker of a single cask at an amazing price!
Tasting Notes
Nose : Liqueur in Dark Chocolate, Cocoa Powder
Palate : More Dark Chocolate Flavours, Not Hershey's
Finish : An Abyss, No, Whirlpool of Chocolatey-ness
About Royal Brakla
Royal Brackla is called Royal Brackla for a reason. Captain William Fraser of Brackla House on the estate of Cawdor Castle originally founded the distillery in 1812. The distillery started distilling that same year. The distillery was the first to be granted a royal warrant by King William IV in 1835. Only few other distilleries have ever been given a royal warrant. This distinction gave the distillery leverage over the rest of the market. From this point on, the distillery was allowed to use the addition "Royal" in its name and was also known as "The King's own Whisky".
In 1852, the distillery was taken over by Robert Fraser & Company. They operated the distillery until 1898, at which point the original buildings were demolished and the entire site rebuilt, and the Royal Brackla Distillery Company was founded. In 1919, the distillery changed hands again when John Mitchell and James Leict from Aberdeen acquired the site. In 1926, John Bisset & Company took over the entire distillery. In 1943, SMD took over the distillery when they acquired John Bisset and Company. In 1970, the number of stills was increased from 2 to 4.
The site was mothballed in 1985, and production resumed six years later in 1991. The site underwent a massive renovation in 1997, with more than 2 million Pound Sterling being spent. One year later, the brand Dewar's as well as the distillery had to be sold due to an obligations of the European watchdog. Bacardi bought the distillery and the Dewar's brand from Diageo.
About North Star Spirits
Astronomy plays a massive part in the storytelling narrative of our core whisky range. Our vision is reflected in our company name. The North Star is the anchor of the northern sky. It is a landmark, or sky marker, that helps those who follow it determine direction as it glows brightly to guide and lead toward a purposeful destination. It also has a symbolic meaning, for the North Star depicts a beacon of inspiration and hope to many. North Star focuses its energies on the curiosities, peculiar oddities, and obscurities - whisky as it comes, straight from the cask and into a bottle - without any fancy tricks.
55.3% ABV
70cl
