Aberlour A’Bunadh Scotch Whisky

The Aberlour A’bunadh is an unusual Scotch whisky. While it carries no age statement, each bottle carries a unique batch number. The most recent release was batch No. 52, released in 2015.

The whisky is a blend from barrels ranging from five to 25 years in age, and is bottled at cask strength, which historically has averaged between 59% ABV and 61% ABV.

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This review is of Batch 50, released in 2014. Some whisky enthusiasts have claimed they can find significant differences between the various “batches” of A’bunadh. There are slight differences, but on the whole, in my view, the various batches have been remarkably consistent.

The term A’bunadh is Scotch Gaelic, and means “of the origins.”  A’bunadh is an attempt to re-create the style of Aberlour whisky from that period.

In 1915, shortly after World War I began, in an effort to control drunkenness among industrial workers, the British government reduced the maximum alcohol by volume (ABV) of Scotch whisky on bottling to 37%. This was