A'bunadh


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. Each batch of this whisky is blended from barrels ranging from 5 to 25 years old.
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 am bunadh, meaning 'the origin'.''

Released batch numbers

Batch numberAlcoholic strengthApproximate year of bottling
1–559.6%1997
659.9%1999
Silver Label 58.7%1999
759.9%2000
860.2%2001
960%2002
1059.8%2003
1159.8%2003
1260%2004
1359.8%2004
1459.5%2005
1559.6%2005
1659.6%2005
1760.2%2006
1859.7%2006
1959.9%2007
2060.5%2007
2159.5%2008
2259.3%2008
2360.2%2008
2460.2%2008
2560.4%2008
2660.6%2009
2760.1%2009
2859.7%2009
2959.9%2010
3059.8%2010
3160.5%2010
3260.4%2010
3360.9%2010
3459.5%2010
3560.3%2011
3660.1%2011
3759.6%2011
3860.3%2011
3959.8%2012
4060.0%2012
4159.0%2012
4260.3%2012
4459.7%2012
4560.2%2013
4660.4%2013
4760.7%2014
4859.7%2014
4960.1%2014
5059.6%2014
5160.8%2015
5260.5%2015
5359.7%2015
5460.7%2016
5560.9%2016
5661.2%2016
5760.7%2016
5861.1%2017
5960.9%2017
6060.3%2017
6160.8%2017
6259.9%2018
6361.0%2018
6459.9%2019
6559.5%2019
6659.2%2019
6759.8%2020