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Brora was a whisky distillery in Brora in the Scottish Highlands and was for decades one of the so-called closed distilleries. The distillery was built in 1819 as Clynelish distillery for political reasons by George Granville Levison-Gower, the second Marquis of Stafford and later Duke of Sutherland. The aim was to deprive black burners in the course of the Highland Clearances the basis of their business and to move them to resettle. In the first decades of existence, the history of the distillery by numerous tenants change is marked. Only George Lawson led the distillery from 1846 across a longer period. 1896 the distillery was in equal parts to the Blender James Ainslie and Co of Glasgow and John Risk, who also ran the banker distillery in Banknock, sold. In 1925 the operation became the property of the Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) on and belonged from 1930 to Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). Between 1931 and 1939 the distillery was closed. 1967 the distillery should be replaced by the newly built Clynelish distillery. Since the production of the required for blending highly peated whisky on Islay faltered due to weather conditions at that time, now as Clynelish A designated distillery and Clynelish B were operated initially called new operating parallel, was being carried out the production heavily peated whiskys in Clynelish A , Later Clynelish A was renamed Brora Clynelish and B in Clynelish. The Brora distillery was still in operation until 1983, a year in which seven other distilleries - Banff, Dallas Dhu, Glen Mhor, Glenlochy, Glenugie, North Port and St Magdalene - were closed and was long considered a lost icon of the whisky world.
After an extensive restoration, the Brora distillery was reopened in May 2021 and is now producing whisky again with the aim of restoring the original character of the whisky from before the closure.
The flavour of Brora whisky is varied and complex, the old bottlings from before the closure are particularly sought-after and some bottlings are now considered legendary. The old Brora single malt Scotch whisky from before the closure is particularly appreciated by connoisseurs and enthusiasts for its slightly oily or waxy texture and the unique flavour associated with it, which is reminiscent of beeswax or furniture polish. Depending on the maturation in sherry or bourbon casks, Brora single malt Scotch whisky displays the typical smoke in varying intensity and combination with light and dark fruit notes with citrus fruits, apricots, cherries or dried fruits, honey and caramel notes, sea salt, maritime flavours, vanilla, spice and/or roasted aromas with floral or spicy notes.