A'bunadh

A'bunadh is a cask-strength[1] single malt whisky from the Aberlour Distillery in Scotland.[2] Though it has no age statement, it is released in limited run batches, each batch carrying a unique number on its label. Each batch of this whisky is blended from barrels ranging from 5 to 25 years old.

A'bunadh from Batch No. 22

A'bunadh is exclusively aged in Spanish oak Oloroso sherry butts[1] and therefore has a sweeter, softer flavour than most scotch. A'bunadh is not chill filtered.

The distillery cite the story during distillery tours that when the second pair of stills were put in during 1975, a time capsule was discovered behind the name plate, containing an 1898 newspaper about the distillery fire wrapped around an 1898 bottle of Aberlour. The workmen who discovered the bottle polished off four fifths of the bottle during their lunch break, but the remains of the bottle went off to the laboratories in Keith, Moray, and were analysed. A'bunadh is an attempt to recreate this single malt.

The name a'bunadh is described as the Scottish Gaelic for ''the original',[3] though is possibly a misspelling of am bunadh, meaning 'the origin'.[4]

Released batch numbers
Batch number Alcoholic strength Approximate year of bottling
1–5 59.6% 1997
6 59.9% 1999
Silver Label (12yo) 58.7%
7 59.9% 2000
8 60.2% 2001
9 60% 2002
10 59.8% 2003
11 59.8%
12 60% 2004
13 59.8%
14 59.5% 2005
15 59.6%
16
17 60.2% 2006
18 59.7%
19 59.9% 2007
20 60.5%
21 59.5% 2008
22 59.3%
23 60.2%
24
25 60.4%
26 60.6% 2009
27 60.1%
28 59.7%
29 59.9% 2010
30 59.8%
31 60.5%
32 60.4%
33 60.9%
34 59.5%
35 60.3% 2011
36 60.1%
37 59.6%
38 60.3%
39 59.8% 2012
40 60.0%
41 59.0%
42 60.3%
44 59.7%
45 60.2% 2013
46 60.4%
47 60.7% 2014
48 59.7%
49 60.1%
50 59.6%
51 60.8% 2015
52 60.5%
53 59.7%
54 60.7% 2016
55 60.9%
56 61.2%
57 60.7%
58 61.1% 2017
59 60.9%
60 60.3%
61 60.8%
62 59.9% 2018
63 61.0%
64 59.9% 2019
65 59.5%
66 59.2%
67 59.8% 2020
68 61.5%
69 61.2% 2021
70 61.2%
71 61.5%
72 59.1%
73 61.2% 2022
74 60.0%
75 60.9%
76 61.3%
77 60.8% 2023
78 60.7%

References
  1. Dunn, Elizabeth Gunnison (5 December 2012). "The 12 Days of Whiskey, Day 1: Aberlour A'bunadh - Whiskeys to Drink Now". Esquire. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "A'Bunadh". www.aberlour.com. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. "A'Bunadh". www.aberlour.com. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. "LearnGaelic - Dictionary". learngaelic.scot. Retrieved 9 March 2018.


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