The young Braeval distillery, originally known as Braes of Glenlivet, is a relative newcomer to the Speyside whisky scene. Construction began in 1973 and the plant was designed as a workhorse malt for the Chivas Brands (at the time Seagram's owned them). The location of the distillery is not far from their namesake, Glenlivet, and the name translates to the 'hillside in the valley of the river Livet.' The name was originally intended to be an example of how to properly express the geographic location, which many other distilleries used at the time, but Seagram's had trademarked. Ultimately, they would win the right to use the word Glenlivet on their other distilleries' labels exclusively and therefore renamed this distillery appropriately. Always considered a high quality base malt for the blenders, Braeval was promptly shut down after its sale to Pernod Ricard in 2001. Thankfully, they reopened the plant in 2008. This old cask bears the name the distillate had when it came off the still almost 30 years ago and represents one of the finest examples of the rare distillate we've ever come across. Even at this age the malt remains fully intact without any semblance of degradation. Extremely complex and chock full of classic Speyside aromatics coupled with a bevy of unique flavors. This is truly the finest old Braeval we've ever come across and a must-have for anyone looking for proper old Speyside malt at an altogether reasonable price.
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