PBMichiganWolverine
Aberlour 18 Year Double Cask Matured
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
August 4, 2018 (edited December 13, 2021)
A bonus offering from @Scott_E for our final trading round. The only other Aberlour I’ve had was the Abundah. I actually liked this one better—-less syrupy, a bit more balanced with flavors of fruit and vanilla. Scott provided a generous enough sample where I was able to experiment 1/2 with a single cube of ice, the other neat with just a drop or two of water. Neat is by far more preferred. It retains the sweet fruit backbone, while with ice it brings out a lemon rind bitterness. Skip the ice. Thanks Scott for the pour!
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I didn’t know they were discontinuing the A’Bunadh. This is considered small batch and is bottled at 48%. It was pretty limited when it hit the UK market. I missed it at TWE and found a couple bottles at a smaller shop in London. This was Batch 001 so I assume it’s going to be an annual release.
@LeeEvolved is that the new Aberlour, supposedly the Abunadh replacement? 1L..a TWE ?
@PBMichiganWolverine - I recently opened the Aberlour “Rare Cask” and thought it was similar to this one. Better than the 12, similar to the A’Bunadh (minus the CS). The kicker is that the Casg Annamh is only $70 for a 1L bottle.