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Aberlour 16 Year Double Cask Matured
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
March 14, 2018 (edited December 13, 2021)
The drop from 43% to 40% abv should have been all the warning I needed.
Wow, what a disappointing dram! Incredibly light on the palate (like fruit punch) with little left to taste on the watery, slightly cinnamon-heavy finish. The nose is like a cherry starburst candy, if you’re into that sort of thing. The full flavor and richer spice notes you’d expect from a 16 year old sherry-matured malt are just painfully muted throughout this stuff.
If I wanted a glass of rose I would have poured a glass of rose.
Im going to let it oxidize for a month or two, but right now give me a Glendronach 12 or, hell, even the Dalmore 12 over this bottle any day. And the $70 price point? Hard pass.
2/5
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@PBMichiganWolverine I've heard that differences between batches are huge on this one. Have a friend that hated it, tried another batch recently and now is in love with this whisky. I have a closed batch 59. Hope is one of the greats!
@AntonioSchmid wondering if the batch makes a difference for the Abundadh. I didn’t like mine at all...bought back childhood memories of being sick and having cherry NyQuil
Tried the whole range of Aberlour in one tasting and had the same impression. The 12 and 16 were meh. The 10 was ok, the 18 was good and the A'Bunadh was amazing!