Aberlour 20 Year Old 1990 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Aberlour A'bunadh

Recently it was pointed out to me by another member (names to be left out) that without completing any reviews, I was a nobody. Well, here's to me becoming a somebody. A'bunadh is one of my favourite scotches. I have only tried 3 batches (36, 47, and 49) but have loved each. This bottle of batch 47 has been open for roughly a year, with about 25%...

Score 92/100

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Matured

Last night I decided to crack open yet another sample from my whisky calender from Master of Malt, I was feeling nostalgic so I decided to crack open Aberlour 12 year old Double Cask Matured. Aberlour 10 year old was one of the very first single malts that I ever tried and considering how much I love Aberlour Abunadh, you pretty much pick the...

Score 82/100

Aberlour A'bunadh

Aberlour a’bunadh (Gaelic for ‘from the source’) is matured exclusively on Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at cask strenght. No chillfiltering, no tinting. There are quite a few batches out there already and almost all of them are praised. I had batch 24 about two years ago. So why not try a few more. I I thought I’d put a few batches H2H. Or...

Score 86/100

Aberlour A'bunadh

This is a batch 12 bottle - which is sadly nearly empty. The smell is earthy mixed with sweet grapes plus I get a hint of smoke. The taste is an explosion of grapes and smoke that leaves my lips dry and wanting more. Hints of malt, caramel and salt. Very powerful. The finish is a long, slow, sweet, smoky burn in my mouth and throat. Taking sips...

Score 93/100