Aberlour – A’bunadh (Batch 57)

This was bought for me by good friend and former work college, Nathan, when I was unceremoniously chucked out of the company I created. So against that backdrop, you’d expect that it’d be a photograph of an empty bottle and tasting notes that consisted mainly of “thatsetovbasturdsdunnowhatdeyredoin”.

The best thing about being bought whisky is that you often get something that you wouldn’t ordinarily choose yourself and that’s very much the case here. I don’t buy a lot of Speyside whiskies and Aberlour isn’t one I’d normally go for, but it turns out (by a new process I’ve discovered called “counting”) that this is the 57th batch of A’Bunadh they’ve produced.

A’Bunadh is known for its use of Spanish Oloroso Sherry butts and is bottled at cask strength, which is 60.7% ABV in this batch. It is a NAS (No Age Statement) whisky, which I understand the logic of and reasoning, but always leaves me a little uneasy. However, it’s un-chill filtered and looks well aged so let’s have a go…