A'bunadh is a cask-strength single malt whisky from the Aberlour Distillery in Scotland. Though it has no age statement, it is released in limited run batches, each batch carrying a unique number on its label.
A'bunadh is exclusively aged in Spanish oak Oloroso sherry butts 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', though is possibly a misspelling of , meaning 'the origin'.
Released batch numbers Batch number Alcohol by volume (ABV) 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%4459.7% 45 60.2% 2013 46 60.4% 47 60.7% 20144859.7%4960.1%5059.6%5160.8%20155260.5%5359.7%5460.7%20165560.9%5661.2%5760.7%5861.1%20175960.9%6060.3%6160.8%6259.9%20186361.0%6459.9%20196559.5%6659.2%6759.8%20206861.5%6961.2%20217061.2%7161.5%7259.1%7361.2%20227460.0%7560.9%7661.3%7760.8%20237860.7%7960.5%8061.0%8161.6%20248261.2%8359.5%
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