BRAEVAL (BRAES OF GLENLIVET) DISTILLERY 34 Year Old 1989 Old & Rare Platinum (2023)

Braes of Glenlivet 34 Year Old 1989 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. Single refill hogshead bottled October 2023 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Old & Rare Platinum series. 170 numbered bottles. This gold-coloured whisky has a nose of vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce, yellow apple and barley sugar. Orange, ginger and a touch of cinnamon on the palate along with more vanilla, leading into a long finish with a touch of satisfying oak spice.

£451.92

Braeval Distillery is situated on the north-eastern edge of the Grampian Mountains at Chapeltown in Speyside. Opened by Chivas Brothers as Braes of Glenlivet in 1973 and re-named Braeval in 1995, this malt whisky distillery sits at an altitude of 352m making it the highest working distillery in Scotland. A modern pagoda roof towers over an attractive and modern works with white-washed walls and dark slated roofs. Production from six stills is geared up for the blending market and whilst there have been no distillery releases it may be found in the Old Malt Cask and Signatory Vintage ranges.