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[Closed] Whisky buffs - Aberlour a'bunadh

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Just been given a bottle and know nothing about it!

Any good?


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 9:26 pm
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[url= http://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/aberlour.html ]MALT MADNESS LINK - ABELOUR[/url]


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 9:38 pm
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Just go for it and drink it !!

Lots of honey flavours if I remember well

Looking at my empty bottle now

STS


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 9:42 pm
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Someone's ( bonkers maybe ?) appraisal of this particular distillation......
Enjoy the HP Sauce CFH.

One of these famous malts that make us lesser mortals tremble. Batches #11 and 15 have been my favourites so far, let’s see if #20 will join them in the pantheon.

Colour: deep amber with brownish/orangey hues.

Nose: oloroso galore! Very big notes of raisins, chocolate, prunes, cherry liqueur, cloves... All that is nicely dry and even a tad smoky but that may well come from the alcohol. With water: it gets a bit more herbal and slightly wild as well as meatier. Is that English brown sauce?

Mouth (neat): very powerful of course but not undrinkable, quite astonishingly. Big sherry, big raisins, hints of mint and chlorophyll, litres of kirsch (just like when you put your nose over a demijohn)... But let’s not tempt fate – so, with water: gets more herbal again, with notes of thyme and rosemary, sage, bay leaves... Also quite maltier and even a little smoky. Finish: long, coating, elegant (yes) and spicier (pepper and ginger). Shoo, to the pantheon!


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 9:45 pm
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Speyside malt - you can't really go wrong
And Aberlour is high up that particular tree.

No, actually, it's shyte. Just package the bottle up and send it to me.


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 9:46 pm
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Terrible - tip it down the sink.

*Stage directions indicate that I should roll my eyes at the troll.*


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 11:06 pm
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Just been given a bottle and know nothing about it!

Any good?

Yes!

Just about to finish the last dram from my bottle of batch 20...

A very different whisky, quite a beast as its cask strength, so it does well with a splash of (mineral, not tap) water...


 
Posted : 07/08/2009 11:31 pm
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Excellent, thanks all!

Usually have things like Ardbeg, so this seems a change. Batch 25 if that makes much difference.

Will be sampling soon....


 
Posted : 08/08/2009 9:12 am
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i have a bottle of batch 25.
not tried any of the other batches but this is nice,
as above, a splash of mineral or filtered water makes it even nicer


 
Posted : 08/08/2009 9:57 am

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