Royal Brackla 8 Year Old 2015 SMWS Single Refill & New Oak Brl Bourbon & HTMC Chinkapin Rhubarb & Fig Crumble (2024) 70cl

Royal Brackla 8 Year Old 2015 SMWS Single Refill & New Oak Brl Bourbon & HTMC Chinkapin Rhubarb & Fig Crumble (2024) 70cl

A special Highland Whisky Festival 2024 Release by the SMWS.

This Royal Brackla is matured in a Refill Oak Barrel, Bourbon & HTMC Chinkapin Cask.

Tasting Notes

In celebration of Festival Season in the Highlands 2024

About High Tea in a Busy Kitchen: This impressively dark dram gets its deep colour and flavour from Chinkapin oak casks. These casks impart notes of pancakes with syrup and smoked bacon notes on the already impressively fruit-forward profile. If you're a fan of sherry maturation and want to expand your experience, you've just found your cask.

Tasting Panel Note: We imagined making delicious orange and kumquat marmalade as we cooked pork loin in cider and poured ourselves a pint of heather ale. The taste was floral, with a full malt body and plenty of herbal spice, as well as cracked black pepper on tinned fruit salad. Following reduction, the fruity aroma of ripe red apples arrived ahead of the scent of toasted almond flakes, rhubarb and fig crumble before a freshly brewed cup of rosehip and cranberry tea emerged. On the palate, the tea changed to a sweet hibiscus accompanied by milk chocolate and pear mille feuille, preceding churros in the finish.

About Royal Brackla 

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".

About SMWS 

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

58.2% ABV

70cl