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Vanilla
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Raisins
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Christmas Cake
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Oak
Aberlour 12 Year Old Reviews
Tasting Notes
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Tasting Notes by Billy A
Nose: Buttery cinnamon toast, concentrated raisin in the background, astringent woody touches, glacé cherry, barrel char.
Palate: Big sweet butter hit, with maple syrup, brown sugar, plump raisins, nutmeg, milk chocolate and more of the char from the nose.
Finish: Medium length, with chocolate, raisins and more char.
Comment: A sweet dram with good levels of sherry spice and richness, although not overly heavy. There is a touch of welcome bitter char that reigns the dram in before it can become too sweet, providing excellent balance.
119 Customer Reviews
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Consistent and perfectly balanced
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Aberlour always makes me feel special. This double cask matured is nice and smooth, such a good whisky. Would definitely recommend.
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Aberlour renders all else secondary, according to my taste. Earthy and so honest, with a homely warmth. I find it is real a question whether I will ever choose any other Scotch.
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Aberlour is probably one of my favorite single malts. Definitely one of the smoothest in character, can be enjoyed while sipping just like a golden anejo rum. Very pleasurable, a good beginning to start drinking scotch because it won't cause you to make a face when downing a wee drop. Will spoil you for many others in this category, since it's a tad expensive.
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If you love sherry,low alcohol and age then this is a must
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My third time with a speyside malt, the first being a disappointing Macallan Gold, & a rather boring Aberfeldy 12, this is a really good one. The nose: very mild spice (can be mistaken for alcohol but thats quite far from the truth) can tell immediately it will be sweet, lots of caramel/vanilla, also sherry driven. Reminds me of an excellent bourbon thats not spiky whatsoever. My tasting notes for this one: the arrival is sweet but also spicey like cinnamon, there are lots of caramel & vanilla notes, but also really deep sherry fruits, for me I get red apple, maybe raisins. As a person who enjoys peated (strong or mild) whiskies again, this one reminds me a lot of a quality bourbon!! Dangerously drinkingable neat, have not tried with ice but can imagine it would be even smoother than it already is.
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It's very easy to compare whiskies but oh my what a mistake. This is a benchmark whisky. Wonderful Speyside, a classic. Full, textured and oh so sippable. It calls for respect.
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Average whiskey overall. Nose: oaky, notes of pear and honey Palate: Overpowering oak, if you add just a little bit off water the buttery sweet almost pear taste comes through Finish: Raisins and herbal Nothing very special, I find the oak flavor a bit too powerful, even if only 40% I find the alcohol flavor to be strong. It hides the notes of sweet butter and pear. However, worth its price.
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Very smooth whisky with a hint of sherry and chocolate. This has become my "go to" single malt. Well priced for a truly superb whisky!!
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A sherry sweet whisky with an initial butter note followed by spicy finish. Little unbalanced on the alcohol component to finish - daresay this will dissipate in the older whiskies. Tasty - definitely a well made Highlander. 3.5/5 (damn this lack of 1/2 stars!)
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I am just getting into Scotch. Aberlour 12 was referred to me by a friend (who has a lot more experience with Scotch than I do). I was blown away by the flavor and smoothness of this whisky!
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Picked up this whisky earlier today and gave it a try. A decent amount of sherry and a lot of dark fruit. If you like sweeter whisky, this is probably for you.
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I see from the notes that under "smoke" the rating is 0. I find that hard in that I find a West coast smoke, which is unpleasant - is it just my taste buds? I have been an avid Speyside man for 40 years.
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Very easy to drink, smooth buttery feel. Taste is sweet with a hint of spice. Over the past 2 or 3 years I have gotten into drinking and appreciating whiskies. And this, in my opinion, is very nice to drink.
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Very smooth whisky
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Received it as a gift and I'm happy chap. Light and sweet chocolate and vanilla flavours. Want to explore more Aberlour.
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Outstanding
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Aberlour 12 year old is my every day "go to" single malt. It is refreshing, has tasteful body with complimentary flavors and is not outrageously priced.
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I've tried, and tried, but... I think this is one of the dullest whiskeys I drank up 'til now. Absolutely nothing special or mentionable.
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Tried this one at a whiskey show last spring and since have made sure to always have a bottle in my house. It's sweet at first, but once you get to know it you start to taste interesting spice in the background. Would recommend this whiskey to anybody.
