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Distillery profile:
The Aberlour distillery lies in the heart of the
Spey valley. Officially founded in 1879 by James
Fleming, the long history of distillation at the
site goes back further, to at least 1826. The name
Aberlour is Gaelic for 'the mouth of the babbling
brook' . This probably refers to Saint Drostan's
Well, the local spring depicted on the labels of
all official bottlings. It's a relatively easy ....
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OB
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- Aberlour
NAS 'Antique' (40%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes
- 81
- Aberlour '100 proof' (57.1%, OB, sherry, +/-1997) - 120723
- Aberlour
NAS 'A'bunadh' No Batch # (59.6%, OB, +/-1998)
- no notes - 88
- Aberlour
NAS 'A'bunadh' Batch #06 (59.9%, OB, +/-1999)
- no notes - 83
- Aberlour
NAS 'A'bunadh' Batch #07 (59.9%, OB, +/-2000)
- no notes - 87
- Aberlour
A’bunadh batch #8 (60.2%, OB) - 060504
- Aberlour
NAS 'A'bunadh' Batch #09 (60.0%, OB, +/-2002)
- no notes - 87
- Aberlour
a’bunadh batch #10 (59.8%, OB, 2003) -
140205
- Aberlour
Abunad'h batch #11 (59.8%, OB) - 050304
- Aberlour
a’bunadh batch #12 (60%, OB, 2004) - 140205
- Aberlour
A’bunadh batch #13 (59.8%, OB, 2004) -
010307
- Aberlour
A'bunadh batch #15 (59.6%, OB, 2005) - 151106
- Aberlour
A’bunadh batch #16 (59.6%, OB, 2005) -
010307
- Aberlour
A'bunadh batch #20 (60.5%, OB, 2007) - 071107
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' Batch #30 NAS (59.8%, OB, +/- 2010) - 040111
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' Batch #35 (60.3%, OB, +/-2011) - 040811
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' Batch #39 (59.8%, OB, 2012) - 030413
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' Batch #45 (60.28%, OB, 2013) - 020714
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #47 (60.7%, OB, 2014) - 180615
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #48 (59.7%, OB, 2014) - 180615
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #49 (60.1%, OB, 2014) - 180615
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #50 (59.6%, OB, 2014) - 180615
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #57 (60.7%, OB, 2016) - 230617
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #58 (61.1%, OB, 2017) - 121017
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh' batch #65 (59.5%, OB, 2019) - 180121
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #66' (59.2%, OB, 2020) - 260920
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #67' (59.8%, OB, Spanish oloroso butts, 2020) - 280323
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #69' (61.2%, OB, oloroso butts, 2021) - 231121
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #71' (61.5%, OB, Spanish oloroso butts, 2021) - 280323
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #74' (60%, OB, Spanish oloroso sherry butts, 2022) - 071123
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh batch #75' (60.9%, OB, Spanish oloroso butts, 2022) - 280323
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh Alba' (62.7%, OB, +/-2022) - 300123
- Aberlour 'A'bunadh Alba batch #007' (58.9%, OB, +/-2023) - 280323
- Aberlour ‘Casg Annamh’ (48%, OB, 2018) - 191218
- Aberlour ‘Triple Cask’ (40%, OB, France, 2017) - 121017
- Aberlour
5 yo (40%, OB, Liquorama Italy, 80’s)
- 010504
- Aberlour 5 yo 'Pure Malt' (40%, OB, 1980s) - by Angus - 011022
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 8 yo (43%, OB, Rinaldi, square bottle, 75cl, +/-1975) - 020714
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
8 yo (50%, OB, cube shaped bottle, small cork
stopper, 70’s) - 110305
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
8 yo (50%, OB, black plastic screwcap, rotation
1974) - 140408
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 8 yo 1965 (50%, OB, Cube bottle, small cork, Rinaldi Import) - 290911
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 8 yo (50%, OB, Rinaldi, Italy, 1960s) - 251019
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
‘Over 9 years old’ (70 proof, OB,
70’s) - 110305
- Aberlour
10 yo (40%, OB, white label, late 80’s)
- 110305
- Aberlour
10 yo (43%, OB, +/-2000) - no notes - 78
- Aberlour
10 yo (40%, OB, +/-2002) - no notes - 79
- Aberlour
10 yo (40%, OB, circa 2006) - 151106
- Aberlour
10 yo (40%, OB, circa 2007) - 071107
- Aberlour 10 yo 'Forest Reserve' (40%, OB, +/-2020) - 200421
- Aberlour 11 yo (48.7%, OB, The Whisky Lodge Edition, first fill oloroso butt, cask #96352, 610 bottles) - 040117
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
12 yo (40%, OB, 'pure malt', square bottle,
1970's) - 090507
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
12 yo (43%, OB, cream label, 80’s) - 110305
- Aberlour
12 yo ‘VOHM’ (43%, OB, Cognac-shaped
bottle, 80’s) - 110305
- Aberlour
12 yo A'bunadh 'Sterling Silver' (58.7%, OB,
2000) - 151106
- Aberlour
12 yo Double Cask Matured (43%, OB, +/-2000)
- no notes - 82
- Aberlour 12 yo (48%, OB, 2011) - 290911
- Aberlour 12 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 301115
- Aberlour 12 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (40%, OB, +/-2020) - 200421
- Aberlour 12 yo 'Non Chill-Filtered' (48%, OB, 2012) - 030413
- Aberlour 12 yo ‘Un-chillfiltered’ (48%, OB, +/-2014) - 180615
- Aberlour 13 yo (58%, OB, for La Maison du Whisky, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #34595, 678 bottles) - 121017
- Aberlour 13 yo (57.7%, OB for The Whisky Lodge, 1st fill sherry, cask #79212, 618 bottles) - 191218
- Aberlour 14 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (40%, B, +/-2021) - 231121
- Aberlour 14 yo (48%, OB, for The Whisky Lodge Lyon, first fill sherry, cask #3455-WL, 2015) - 301115
- Aberlour 14 yo (50.2%, OB for The Whisky Lodge, Edition N°3, 1st fill bourbon, cask #36573, 179 bottles, 2017) - 150818
- Aberlour
15 yo Sherry Finish (40%, OB, +/-2000) - no
notes - 82
- Aberlour
15 yo ‘Cuvée Marie d’Ecosse’
(43%, OB) - 270904
- Aberlour
16 yo Double Cask Matured (43%, OB, +/-2003)
- no notes - 84
- Aberlour
16 yo (43%, OB, Sherry, Double cask Matured,
circa 2007) - 071107
- Aberlour 16 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (43%, OB, traditional oak / sherry, +/- 2011) - 291012
- Aberlour 16 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 301115
- Aberlour 16 yo 'Double Cask Matured' (43%, B, +/-2021) - 231121
- Aberlour 16 yo (53.5%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, first fill sherry, cask #4738, 2016) - 160516
- Aberlour
18 yo (43%, OB, dumpy, 2008) - 140408
- Aberlour 18 yo (43%, OB, +/- 2009) - 040111
- Aberlour 18 yo (43%, OB, +/- 2010) - 040111
- Aberlour 18 yo (43%, OB, +/- 2013) - 071015
- Aberlour 18 yo (43%, OB, 50cl, +/-2022) - 300123
- Aberlour 18 yo 'Double Sherry Cask Finish batch No.001' (43%, OB, , +/-2023) - 280323
- Aberlour 21 yo 'Crafted Small Batch No.1.3' (47.4%, OB, LMDW New Vibrations, Limited Release, First Fill American Oak, 2023) - 071123
- Aberlour 35 yo ‘Double Cask Matured’ (43%, OB, batch #1580, 50cl, 2015) - 071015
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- Aberlour
Glenlivet 8 yo 1964 (50%, OB, cube shaped)
- 150406
- Aberlour 25 yo 1964/1989 (43%, OB, 75cl) - 060120
- Aberlour
31 yo 1970/2002 (56,1%, OB) - no notes - 85
- Aberlour
30 yo 1975/2005 (49.2%, OB, cask #4556, 168
bottles) - 290905
- Aberlour
30 yo 1975/2006 (48.9%, OB, cask #4577) - 131006
- Aberlour
22 yo 1980/2002 (43%, OB, 4500 bottles) - 071107
- Aberlour
25 yo 1980 (51.1%, OB for La Maison du Whisky,
cask #12293, 255 bottles) - 131006
- Aberlour
13 yo 1989/2003 Warehouse N°1 (58.7%, OB,
Sherry, cask #13330) - no notes - 86
- Aberlour 25 yo 1989/2015 (48.7%, OB, Distillery Reserve Collection, hogshead, cask #14387, 264 bottles) - 121017
- Aberlour
1990 'Vintage Edition' (40%, OB, +/-2000) -
no notes - 80
- Aberlour
12 yo 1990/2003 Warehouse N°1 (58.8%, OB,
Bourbon, cask #11552) - no notes - 85
- Aberlour
14 yo 1992/2008 (58.2%, OB for LMDW, casks 235/8641,
150 bottles) - 300908
- Aberlour 20 yo 1997/2018 (59.1%, OB ‘Distillery Reserve Collection’, cask #9057, sherry butt, 1056 bottles) - by Angus - 011218
- Aberlour 21 yo 1998/2023 (48.1%, OB, for The Whisky Lodge Lyon , 2nd fill American oak barrel, cask #17769, 84 bottles) - 280323
- Aberlour 21 yo 1999/2020 (51.2%, OB, selected by La Maison du Whisky for Jack Tar, Poland, 1st fill American oak barrel, cask #3856, 156 bottles) - 310322
- Aberlour 2001/2012 'White Oak' (43%, OB) - 291012
- Aberlour 17 yo 2002/2019 (57.6%, OB, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #2499) - 251019
- Aberlour 18 yo 2002/2020 (62.4%, OB, cask #2575, 263 bottles) - 260920
- Aberlour 14 yo 2005/2019 (58.7%, OB for The Whisky Lodge, 2nd fill oloroso sherry butt, cask #213017, 630 bottles) - 180620
- Aberlour 16 yo 2005/2021 (56.7%, OB for La Maison du Whisky, sherry hogshead, cask #214040, 243 bottles) - 231121
- Aberlour 2009/2019 (40%, OB, White Oak) - 180121
- Aberlour 2010/2020 'White Oak' (40%, OB, France) - 280323
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Berry
Bros & Rudd |
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- Aberlour 1988/2011 (53.2%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #5551) - 170811
- Aberlour 1992/2012 (55.5%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #3919) - 300812
- Aberlour
1994/2005 (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd) - 290905
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Blackadder |
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- Aberlour
1990/2002 (59.9%, Blackadder Raw Cask, cask
#3318) - 180106
- Aberlour 11 yo 2011/2022 (55.9%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, PX sherry cask, cask #22, 290 bottles) - 220524
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Cadenhead
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- Aberlour-Glenlivet 15 yo 1963/1978 (45.7 GL, Cadenhead, black dumpy) - 271213
- Aberlour 12 yo 1987/2000 (62.4%, Cadenhead Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 222 bottles) - by Angus - 011218
- Aberlour-Glenlivet
15 yo 1987/2003 (62.1%, Cadenhead, bourbon cask)
- 190204
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 23 yo 1989/2013 (54.9%, Cadenhead, small batch, bourbon hogshead, 522 bottles) - 271213
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 25 yo 1990/2016 (51.4%, Cadenhead, Small Batch) - 180816
- Aberlour-Glenlivet 19 yo 1995/2014 (52.6%, Cadenhead, Wine Cask, Sauternes finish, 264 bottles) - 230617
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Douglas
Laing |
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- Aberlour 21 yo 1995/2016 (51.5%, Douglas Laing, Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask ref #DL 11063, 278 bottles) - 180816
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Duncan
Taylor |
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- Aberlour
1989/2005 (55.4%, Whisky Galore Cask Strength)
- 180106
- Aberlour 18 yo 1993/2011 (54.3%, Duncan Taylor, Dimensions, cask #7371) - 161211
- Aberlour
12 yo 1994/2007 (46%, Duncan Taylor NC2) - 090507
- Aberlour
9 yo 1995/2005 (43%, Battlehill) - 150406
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Hart
Bros |
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- Aberlour 10 yo 2010/2021 'Marsala Cask Finish' (46%, Hart Brothers, Finest Collection) - 310821
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James
MacArthur |
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- Aberlour
1989/2004 (56.8%, James MacArthur, Old Master,
cask # 12198) - 300908
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Jean
Boyer |
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- Aberlour 13 yo 1995/2008 (43%, Jean Boyer, Best Casks of Scotland, recoopered hogsheads, 1200 bottles) - 160516
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Maltbarn |
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- Aberlour 12 yo 2008/2021 (52.3%, Maltbarn, sherry cask, 160 bottles) - 310322
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Malts
of Scotland |
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- Aberlour 1990/2009 (54.5%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #16847, 167 bottles) - 180511
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Master
of Malt |
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- Aberlour (54.6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, 175 bottles, 2012) - 030413
- Aberlour 17 yo 1995/2012 (56%, Master of Malt, refill bourbon hogshead, 265 bottles) - 250413
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Samaroli |
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- Aberlour
1994/2006 (45%, Samaroli ‘Coilltean’,
cask #8418) - 010307
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Scott's
Selection |
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- Aberlour 1989/2011 (49.8%, Scott’s Selection) - 200811
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Signatory
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- Aberlour-Glenlivet
19 yo 1970/1990 (46%, Signatory, cask 236-239)
- 110305
- Aberlour 19 yo 1990/2010 (52.9%, Signatory, Cask Strength Collection, Hogshead, cask #101775, 222 bottles) - 040111
- Aberlour 12 yo 2012/2024 (48.2%, Signatory Vintage, Small Batch #9, 1st fill oloroso sherry butts) - 220524
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SMWS |
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- Aberlour 10 yo 1990/2000 (62.9%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 54.14) - by Angus - 011022
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Single
Malts of Scotland - Specialty Drinks - TWE - Elixir |
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- Aberlour 25 yo 1993/2019 (54.1%, The Whisky Exchange, hogshead, cask #7366, 162 bottles) - 180620 - by Angus - 290820
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Whisky-Fässle |
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- Aberlour 30 yo 1990/2020 (44.8%, Whisky-Fässle, barrel) - 300123
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Various
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- Aberlour 7 yo (54.0%, Dram Mor, cask #800914, Portuguese red wine finish, 328 bottles) - by Angus - 011022
- Aberlour 21 yo (59.8%, Whic, Architecture of Taste, bourbon hogshead, 2018) - 150818
- Aberlour 19 yo 1974 (46%, First Cask, cask #11024) - by Angus - 290820
- Aberlour 1985/2012 (45.1%, Thosop by The Whiskyman, 219 bottles) - 300812
- Aberlour 30 yo 1989/2020 (51.5%, The Perfect Fifth, 241 bottles) - 310821
- Aberlour 20 yo 1990/2010 (52.9%, The Whisky Cask, bourbon cask) - 130411
- Aberlour 20 yo 1990/2011 (46%, Mo Or collection, release #31, cask #102107, 300 bottles) - 110112
- Aberlour 26 yo 1992/2019 (51.9%, Liquid Treasures, 10th anniversary, sherry hogshead, 101 bottles) - 251019
- Aberlour 14 yo 1993/2008 'Flying Short Bread' (59.4%, Juuls, Flying #7, cask #7367, 232 bottles) - 130411
- Aberlour 17 yo 1995/2012 (55.9%, Single Cask Collection, refill sherry hogshead, 265 bottles) - 300812
- Aberlour 24 yo 1995/2019 (61.3%, Liquid Treasures, eSpirit for 10 years dailydram, bourbon hogshead, 139 bottles) - 060120
- Aberlour 10 yo 2006/2016 (56.6%, Single Cask Collection, cask #103) - 040117
- Aberlour 12 yo 2008/2021 'Apollo 15 – LRV' (59.2%, The Whisky Barrel, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead, cask #TWB1016, 263 bottles) - 231121
- Aberlour 7 yo 2012/2020 (54%, Dram Mor, cask #800914, 328 bottles) - 200421
- Aberlour 8 yo 2012/2020 (58.5%, Whisky Is The Limit, 1st fill oloroso quarter cask, cask #800916, 225 bottles) - 180121
- Aberlour 9 yo 2013/2022 (47.5%, Carn Mor, Strictly Limited, oloroso sherry, 1798 bottles) - 120723
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