Diageo is preparing for the re-opening of its Brora Scotch whisky distillery this year with a three-strong collection of ultra-high-end single malt expressions.
The GBP30,000 (US$41,600) ‘Brora Triptych’, announced today, will be available from next month. The pack, limited to 300 units in total, coincides with the recommencement of operations at the Brora facility in north-east Scotland, 38 years after the distillery closed.
Available in 50cl bottles, the set comprises:
- Brora Elusive Legacy – 48 years old (1972), 42.8% abv
- Brora Age of Peat – 43 years old (1977), 48.6%
- Brora Timeless Original – 38 years old, (1982), 47.5%
The three crystal bottles, available to buy online and from selected retailers globally, are housed in a wooden box made of ash.
“My father was an ‘old hand’ at the distillery,” said Brora master distiller Stewart Bowman. “In the years after Brora’s closure, I remember my father showing me the old cask ledgers and the records of those final casks distilled in 1983 and asking if Brora would return one day.
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By GlobalData“It fills me with great pride that 38 years after the doors of Brora closed, more casks will now be filled … . In the Brora Triptych, we aimed to celebrate the great whisky styles of the past for which Brora is known.”
News of Brora’s re-opening, along with fellow “lost” distillery Port Ellen on Islay, broke in late-2017, when Diageo confirmed a GBP35m (then-US$46m) spend on bringing the pair back into operation.
