Collector57's Whisky Collection  
 
Aberlour
   
Owner : Chivas Brothers Phone : 01340 881249 email : - web : http://www.aberlour.com
Area : Speyside (Central) Postcode : AB38 9PJ
Founded : 1826   Architect : Charles Doig Status : Active   Type : Malt - Pot Still
Capacity (annual) : 3.5m litres   Silent : June - August   Water : Spring of Ben Rinnes
Malt : Bairds Maltings, Inverness   Phenol level in malt : 2ppm

Washbacks : 6
Material : Stainless Steel
Wash Stills : 2
Heating : Steam
Volume : 21,120 litres each
Spirit Stills : 2
Heating : Steam
Volume : -
Casks : Bourbon (50%-75%) and Sherry (25%-50%) casks
ABV at filling : 69.1%
Constituent of : Clan Campbell, King's Ransom, House of Lords

 

 

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a'bunadh Batch 14

Age: NAS

Strength: 59.5%

Bottler:Distillery

Tasting Notes:

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Status: Emptied

 

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a'bunadh Batch 15

Age: NAS

Strength: 59.6%

Bottler:Distillery

Tasting Notes:

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Status: Sold

 

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a'bunadh Batch 18

Age: NAS

Strength: 59.7%

Bottler:Distillery

Tasting Notes:

Status: Unopened

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a'bunadh Batch 20

Age: NAS

Strength: 60.5%

Bottler:Distillery

Tasting Notes:

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Status: Unopened

 

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a'bunadh Batch 22

Age: NAS

Strength: 59.3%

Bottler:Distillery

Tasting Notes:

N: very heavily sherried, with loads of marzipan and a strong chocolate presence. As usual for these sherried malts, raisins were there in abundance.

P: Rum and raisin chocolate. Powerful alcohol with a strong sherry influence as expected. No surprises here, just clean heavily sherried malt that a'bunadh can do so well. Very occasionally a'bunadh batches have a hint of sulphur, but I didn't get it in this one.

F: Astringent at first, then spicy after a while. Long and warming, with the chocolate and some almond still there

Comment: What do you expect from a'bunadh? Well this delivers it all. Christmas in a glass.

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Status: 1 open 21.05.2009 1 Unopened
 

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a'bunadh Batch 23

Age: NAS

Strength:60.2%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes:

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Status: Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a'bunadh Batch 25

Age: NAS

Strength: 60.4%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a'bunadh Batch 28

Age: NAS

Strength: 59.7%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a'bunadh Batch 30

Age: NAS

Strength:59.8%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a'bunadh Batch 31

Age: NAS

Strength:60.5%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Opened 11.10.2011

1 Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a'bunadh Batch 32

Age: NAS

Strength:60.4%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: 1 Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a'bunadh Batch 34

Age: NAS

Strength:59.5%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: 1 Unopened

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Antique

Age: NAS

Strength: 43%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

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100 Proof

Age: NAS

Strength: 57.1%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes:

n: sweet sherry, nice and spicy, honey.

t: sweet and malty and then quite spicy. A powerful malt in its way. Not over-sherried

f: longest so far, lasting a good few minutes with hot spice and fruit

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Status: Finished

 

 

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1990 Vintage

Age: NAS

Vintage: 1990

Strength: 40%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

 

Status: Sold

 

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10yo

Age: 10 yo

Strength: 40%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes:

n: sherry of course. Honey? Malt and some creaminess. Spicy. ... Almond paste

t: rather like the nose but spicier. Sweet and sherried with more of that almond paste. Smooth.

f: medium length with the spices on the finish

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Status: 1 Unopened, 1 Emptied 02.03.2010

 

 

 

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SMWS 54.26 'Dark treacle and liquorice'

Age: 11 yo

Strength: 60.5%

Bottler: Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Tasting Notes:

 

Status: Unopened

 

 

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Runrig 2008 "Scotch on the Rock"

Age: 12 yo

Strength: 46%

Bottler: Duncan Taylor

Tasting Notes: None

 

Status: 2 Unopened

 

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16 yo Double matured

Age: 16 yo

Strength: 43%

Bottler: Distillery

Tasting Notes: None

Status: Emptied11.01.2012

1 opened 02.08.2011