Aberfeldy 16 Year Old Bits of Strange

Aberfeldy 21 Year Old

The older version of the Aberfeldy 21 Year Old was matured exclusively on bourbon casks, but this more recent release – from 2014 – has some sherry matured whisky in the mix. The nose is rather closed. A get loads of barley and dark honey, but not much else. It takes a while before it shows its true colors. Hint of chewing tobacco, candied orange...

Score 84/100

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old Limited Edition Batch 2919

While Aberfeldy is still mostly used as the heart of the popular Dewar’s blend, it was revamped in 2014 and put back on the map as a single malt. Today I try the new Limited Edition, a 15 years old that got a regular maturation on bourbon refill and re-char casks before being finished for another 5 months on Pomerol red wine casks from Bordeaux....

Score 86/100

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old

Nassau; New Providence, The Bahamas. Island of beaches, cracked conch and just about the kindest people you'll ever meet. I'm sipping Aberfeldy 12 "The Heart of Dewars" at The British Colonial Hilton's lounge. It's been a long time that I wanted to get my hands on this dram, not because of the reviews, but because its affordable and...

Score 73/100

Aberfeldy 21 Year Old

The Aberfeldy 21 was one of the first few whiskies I bought early on. Don't really know why other than it seemed fairly affordable for a 21 year old whisky and I believe it was generally rated quite high among critics. What do I personally think of Aberfeldy? I don't, actually. I've had the 12 year old at a bar somewhere and was completely...

Score 87/100