Whisky Forum - Aberlour abunadh

Woodwynd · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:58 am Post subject: Aberlour abunadh

I'm afraid I'm not a connoisseur , is there much of a difference in the batches of abunadh , I have tasted four or five different batches myself and as I remember they were all great whiskys ! Are they consistent in strength and taste , any opinions welcome!

Cheers Alan. Wink

Bookie · Master Of Malts Joined: 15 Sep 2008 Posts: 945

Alan by its very nature each batch will vary, no 2 batches will ever be identical. All that i have tried have been ok and some very good. Very good batches IMO are batch 19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 29

Keith · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:02 pm Post subject:

More recently batches 32, 34 and 35 were very good but i recall 30 wasnt so good.

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1664

The best 3 abunadhs i have had are batch 14, 20 and 29

i thought 25, 27 and 32 wasnt so good.

More recently 33 and 34 being the most recent bottlings i have tried were good, but if i was to choose between the 2 of them 34.

Not sure what release they are up to now but batch 34 is the latest one i have tried.

Cheers

Mark

nitram · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:15 pm Post subject:

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1664

nitram · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject:

[/quote] i havent had a drop today.[/quote]

there's the problem then!

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1664

jcarrick · Master Of Malts Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Posts: 949

I agree Mark batch 14, 20 and 29 were amongst the best so far

the most recent bottling i have is batch 34 and it is very good indeed

Woodwynd · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:29 pm Post subject:

Well I enjoyed batch 34 so its good that a few of yous agree, my taste can't be that bad then !
It was a bottle of batch 34 I sent to grant m this morning for winning the competition I ran on the forum recently , at least he's getting one of the better ones.

Cheers Alan. Wink

William · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject:

Lucky Grant batch 34 is a good one.

newwhiskyworld · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject:

I recently had Batch 35 in Elgin and then 36 at the Whisky Lounge event. Both excellent and none of the sulpher which is the main concern. Anyone done comparisons of several batches at the same time?
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Alexppp · Master Of Malts Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Posts: 1791

OK, random question about the A'bunadh: on the box and the bottle it says 'single cask maturation' but is that true? I read online that it's blended from different barrels, and also if it were single cask wouldn't it carry the cask number?

So are Aberlour 'cheating' a bit or do they mean it's made in the style of single cask bottlings without actually being single cask?

Keith · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:44 pm Post subject:

Alex i always understood the Aberlour a'bunadh was a small batch bottling, meaning a small number of casks are blended together. It is bottled at natural cask strength with no chill filtration. I assume they add a bit of colouring as Aberlour are known to use it, but i cant say it is noticeable.

I agree the new packaging which they brought out around Batch 30 (i think it was) causes a bit of confusion with its statement "SINGLE CASK MATURATION" but then it says "IN SPANISH OLOROSSO SHERRY BUTTS" the use of the word "BUTTS" plural tells us there was more than one cask going into the batch.