Ok, so this was a rollercoaster opening this door this morning. First I see the brand… Aberlour interesting choice with two releases in a row from the same brand. Then the magical word “A’Bunadh” now I am confused because cask strength sherry whisky would make a perfect first door advent opener. Then the final word “Alba” ah ok then never mind. Now, I get it.

The Whisky

The Alba release is the cask strength small batch all first fill ex-bourbon release. It’s also the one I have been meaning to try so now I am quids in on this advent. Saving money here folks! If you get man math and girl math I guess I’m now inventing whisky math.

Speaking of money though this is still A’Bunadh pricing at around £85 a bottle this is only a handful of pounds cheaper than the sherry version. That I think is maybe a bit punchy. If we are saying a sherry hogshead will be something like 8-10 times the price of an ex-bourbon barrel from America then that should really factor into the pricing somewhere, right?

Tasting Notes

Colour	Pale Yellow
Nose	pears, honey and very sweet with it. Just a few sprigs of mint to offset the icing sugar sweetness
Palate	Candied ginger, fizzy sherbet, vanilla and more honey. Twists of pepper in the development
Finish	silky finish with more icing sugar and zest of a lemon

Where Can I buy?

Master of Malt – Alba

Amazon – https://amzn.to/3J4LExP

Final Thoughts

I really liked this. There is a few places to get a sherry fix but these days how often can you find a really nice well matured all bourbon Scotch whisky? Balvenie just to do single casks in this form factor but I don’t think it’s available anymore.

Anyway, please let tomorrow include someone else’s whisky. I didn’t buy an Aberlour Calendar by mistake did I?