{"product_id":"tc-lbd-braeval-16-year-duo","title":"The Braeval 16 Duo - Two 16 Year Single Casks - Tri Carragh \u0026 Little Brown Dog","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .twl-desc { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 16px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-desc h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.15; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-subhead { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 750; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-align: center; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-pills { margin-top: 14px; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; background: #f5f2ec; border-radius: 999px; padding: 6px 10px; margin: 4px; font-size: 13px; }\n  .twl-pill strong { font-weight: 800; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-lead { margin-top: 18px; font-size: 17px; }\n  .twl-lead p { margin: 0 0 12px 0; }\n  .twl-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 14px; margin-top: 18px; }\n  .twl-card { border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 14px; background: #fff; }\n  .twl-card h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800; color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-card p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-card ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-card li { margin: 0 0 8px 0; }\n  .twl-card--dark { background: #080910; border-color: #080910; }\n  .twl-card--dark h3 { color: #b87333; }\n  .twl-card--dark p { color: #d0ccc4; }\n  .twl-card--dark ul { color: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-card--dark li { color: #d0ccc4; }\n  .twl-card--dark strong { color: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-versus { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-versus h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-versus p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-versus p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-versus strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-price { margin-top: 18px; border: 2px solid #9a5f28; border-radius: 14px; padding: 16px 22px; background: #fff; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-price .big { font-size: 30px; font-weight: 800; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-price .was { font-size: 16px; color: #888; text-decoration: line-through; margin-left: 10px; }\n  .twl-price p { margin: 6px 0 0 0; font-size: 14px; color: #374151; }\n  .twl-spec { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; overflow: hidden; }\n  .twl-spec table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; }\n  .twl-spec th { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #080910; color: #f5f2ec; border-bottom: 1px solid #080910; font-size: 13px; }\n  .twl-spec td { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eae6df; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: top; }\n  .twl-spec tr:nth-child(even) td { background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-spec tr:nth-child(odd) td { background: #ffffff; }\n  .twl-spec tr:last-child td { border-bottom: 0; }\n  .twl-spec td:first-child { font-weight: 600; color: #1a1a18; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 26px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eTHE BRAEVAL 16 DUO, TWO 16 YEAR SINGLE CASKS\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eOne Distillery · One Age · Two Bottlers · Two Casks That Could Not Be Further Apart\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 700ml\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Braeval\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 Years (both)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasks\u003c\/strong\u003e Red Wine Octave + White Port Barrique\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottlers\u003c\/strong\u003e Tri Carragh \u0026amp; Little Brown Dog\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSets\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 only\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBraeval is the highest distillery in Scotland and almost never bottled under its own name. Here are \u003cstrong\u003etwo 16 year old single casks of it, distilled the same year, bottled by two different houses from two casks with nothing in common\u003c\/strong\u003e. One spent seven months in a tiny red wine octave that once held peated whisky. The other spent all sixteen years in a white port barrique. Polar opposites in the glass, and both, frankly, damn good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNinety-two bottles of the Tri Carragh exist. The Little Brown Dog is a single cask. We can put together \u003cstrong\u003etwelve matched sets\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the set is 10% cheaper than buying the two bottles on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBottle one: Tri Carragh, 2nd Fill Red Wine Octave\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistilled at Braeval \u003cstrong\u003eFebruary 2, 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e, 16 years old, Tri Carragh Release 10.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixteen years in the primary cask, then \u003cstrong\u003eseven months\u003c\/strong\u003e in a 50 litre red wine octave that previously held peated whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e62.7% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e, natural colour, non-chill filtered. 92 bottles worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTri Carragh's notes: red apples, orange peel, pomegranate and raspberry on the nose. Red berries, redcurrant, cranberry and pink peppercorn on the palate. Drying red fruits, gentle spice and a whisper of wood smoke.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBottle two: Little Brown Dog, 1st Fill White Port Barrique\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistilled at Braeval in \u003cstrong\u003e2010\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled 2026 at 16 years old.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull maturation, not a finish: \u003cstrong\u003eevery one of the sixteen years\u003c\/strong\u003e in a first fill white port barrique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e57.3% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e, natural colour, non-chill filtered. A single cask.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite port wood pushes bright stone fruit and red fruit with a confected sweetness and a dry, grippy edge. A profile well outside the bourbon-and-sherry lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-versus\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a set\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePour them side by side. Same distillery, same age, and the only thing that changed is the wood. \u003cstrong\u003eSeven months of red wine and a ghost of peat against sixteen years of white port.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is the clearest lesson in cask influence we can put in a box, from a distillery most people will never see bottled on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne set contains one 700ml bottle of each release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-price\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"big\"\u003e$292.50\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"was\"\u003e$325.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e10% off buying both bottles separately. Twelve sets available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eTri Carragh\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLittle Brown Dog\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle malt Scotch, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle malt Scotch, single cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBraeval (Speyside)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBraeval (Speyside)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2nd Fill Red Wine Octave, ex-peated, 7 month finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1st Fill White Port Barrique, full maturation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e62.7%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57.3%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOutturn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e92 bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle cask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePresentation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eCask strength, non-chill filtered, natural colour. Sold only as a two-bottle set.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54534552453438,"sku":"TWL-BND-BRAE16-100092","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/braeval-16-duo-hero.jpg?v=1790777125","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/tc-lbd-braeval-16-year-duo","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}