Aberlour 10 Year Old

@Pete1969 How did you find this whisky experience compared to the bourbons? Has that bottle of A'bunadh been tampered with yet?

Totally different flavour profile but very enjoyable, the A'bunadh will be staying in its bottle for a little bit. I had some colleagues over this week for a tasting session they don't really drink bourbon but have tried a certain Whiskey. Ended up sampling 3 JD products, Gentleman Jack, single barrel and Silver Select then took them on a trip through the good stuff. Line up as follows Buffalo trace, WT101 8 yr, Woodford reserve, FR sm batch, Blanton's Original, FR 1B, WT rare breed 54.1 and finished with Blanton's SFTB 65.45 ABV. So I have a few open bottles too get through yet before the A'bunadh, by the way even though the JD was from their top end all 3 placed in bottom 3 places with Blanton's original first with the 2 four roses close behind. The SFTB Blanton's was a bit closed and will no doubt benefit from a few weeks airtime, it did open a bit with some water (took it down to around 120 proof) and is undoubtably a quality drink which I am going to enjoy over the coming months.

@Pete1969 Nice review, sounds just about right. I use to buy this all the time when it was available in the US. They replaced it with the Aberlour 12Y in the US, I much prefer the Aberlour 10y. I think its has a better sherry balance and nice little spice to it. Nice first choice for a scotch.

Don't worry, you didn't peak too early. You just started down the rabbit hole, have fun, hold on its a heck of a journey.

@Pete1969 Very good review! I hope many will follow. You are in for a big experience with the A'bunadh. The difference between the 10 yo and A'bunadh is at least as big as the difference between Booker's and the regular Jim Beam products. You will find many different flavor profiles in Scotch, much more different than what you find in Bourbon (at least for me). To make another comparaison, the profiles of Ardbeg 10 is as diffenrent to Aberlour 10 as Old Potrero 18th century style is from Blanton Original. SO be ready for a fun trip.

Thanks for the advice guys not sure I am ready for the peated styles yet, think I have a bit of a sweet tooth so probably be looking for another speysider sherry cask got my eye on a Farclas 15 but wife is none too happy with how much I have spent since January. Good job she doesn't know the real amount :) Now was it the red or the blue tablet?

@Pete1969 Sneaking bottles into the house, past the wife and hiding them is a whole other thread on Whisky Connosr. Some of the guys are pretty sly but most wife are smarter, I know mine is.

Sneaking new whiskies past the wife. connosr.com/wall/discussion/…

@Benancio, the key is to get well past two hundred bottles in the Strategic Whiskey Stock Pile and the High Command will no longer get involved with Supply Chain Logistics... lol

@paddockjudge, I like how you describe the situation, almost had M laughing out loud

Got caught myself last week, she never goes into garage for anything so had A'Bunadh stashed in box at back waiting right moment to transfer into house. Decided she needed some gadget she hadn't used for 3 years never guess what she found first. Typical.

Pete1969, an efficient strategy for such situations is just hide the bottle directly in the dog house.

Brilliant strategy @OlJas! The Dog House Manouver. Too f_ _ _ ing funny!

It better be a really good batch if it's worth causing strife with the wife...

@BigJoe, it gets funnier with additional comments.

I have used the I will work some overtime sidestep little does she realise I will be rewarding myself with another bottle for the 4 extra days this month. Just hope she doesn't find that one, she defo wears the trousers.

This is hilarious. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one sneaking the occasional bottle into the house and into a stash spot like a squirrel hiding a nut!

So decided to get a first Japanese whisky with overtime Yamazaki Distillers reserve NAS banked in depths of cupboard behind winter bedding hope we don't have a cold spell before I can get it into my whisky stash unnoticed. On a plus note wife has bought me a Nadurra for our anniversary next month.

@Pete1969, NADURRA? The 16 YO is magic, but the Oloroso edition is nothing short of a tragic...just a quick heads up.

Thanks for the heads up paddock judge been checking a lot of different reviews and already noted the poor ratings for oloroso, got 0614C 55.2abv 16 year old will be opening 09/09/15 for a wee dram. Was a toss up between Nadurra and Nectar D'or but offer on at local supermarket 10% off for loyalty card holders also 10% cash back from bank for shopping there until 15th of month wife ended up paying £38.50 for bottle Nadurra no brainer.