Thompson Bros.

Royal Brackla 11 Years Old 2014

ABV: 54.1% 70 cL

This single malt from Royal Brackla Distillery in the Speyside region of Scotland. It was distilled in 2014 and aged for 11 years including a finishing maturation period in a sherry cask. 

It was bottled by Thompson Bros. at natural cask strength, natural colour and no chill filtration.

Nose

Umeshu, fallen leaves, pumpkin skin, lots of autumnal niceties, moving onto red fruits, fried strawberries and cranberries and preserved plums.

Palate

A nice thickness to the spirit with the sherry finish adding lots heft, panettone, sun-maid raisins, 60% dark chocolate (of the fruit and nut variety) and frozen red grapes.

Finish

Long with old wood, herbs and orchard fruit.

£55.00

Tax included.

PRODUCT INFO

Region Highland
Distillery Royal Brackla
Cask type Sherry cask finish
Bottling company Thompson Bros.
Whisky type Single malt

Royal Brackla Distillery, founded in 1812 on the Cawdor Estate in the Highlands, is renowned as one of Scotland’s oldest licensed distilleries and the first to receive a Royal Warrant, earning it the title “The King’s Own Whisky.” It produces a refined, orchard-fruity single malt shaped by long fermentation, tall stills, and a maturation style that leans heavily on first-fill sherry casks, giving the whisky rich notes of honeyed apple, dried fruit, and warm spice. Set amid the quiet farmland between Nairn and Inverness, the distillery combines historic gravitas with a focus on elegant, sherry-led flavour, making Royal Brackla a distinctive outlier in the Highland region.