Aberfeldy 15 Year Old Bottled 1980's

Aberfeldy 21 Year Old

I have happy memories of the village of Aberfeldy in Perthshire, and I used to walk past the distillery twice in an evening for a month back in the eternal summer of 1968. I was 16 years old then and my holiday job was as a grouse beater, driving the birds across the moors to the 'guns' sitting in (and on) their butts, waiting to unleash both...

Score 85/100

Aberfeldy 16 Year Old

Nose: soft and subtle. A delicate, warm sherry note is noticeable first. Then there is a light salty, smoky aroma, like smoked bacon. This is not a peaty aroma by any means, but the smoke is there if you look for it. Dried fruit like figs and raisins appear with time. Altogether it is a nice aroma but just a bit too restrained. Oak is not...

Score 89/100

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old

Aberfeldy was founded by John Dewar, the man behind the blend of the same name. So it is not surprising that this is a finger print malt in that very accessible blend. But it is also available as a single malt. This 12 Year Old was bottled around 2004, in a tall bottle that comes in a green tube. Nowadays, Aberfeldy is bottled in dumpy bottles....

Score 78/100

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old

This whisky was a gift from a friend and my first impression was of course the red squirrel on the bottle. Very nice packaging and bottle for sure but looks can be deceiving as I learned in my last review of the Singleton of Dufftown 12yo that had a lovely packaging but failed to deliver. From a price point perspective this one is a few pounds...

Score 74/100