Aberfeldy 21 Year Old

I'm not a whisky drinker, But I did a fair bit of research into various scoth malt whiskies online before making this purchase. And it wasn't easy as the info out there is mind blowing for someone who knows nothing of whisky. I bought this bottle as a gift. But from the reaction I received, I can say with no uncertainty that the recipient was over the moon, really taken aback. So I can rest assured I'd make an excellent choice. Therefore, I wouldn't be giving this malt justice if I gave anything less than a five.

14th March 2023

Well if a sip of whisky is 10ml and this cost £130 then it's a whisper over £1.85 everytime I put my lips to the glass.
I shared the financial burden with my Scottish pal as part of our annual Christmas pact to split the cost and explore a more expensive bottle that normally we could not justify on our own steam, a great partnership i can highly recommend.
Well we had success with the previous Christmas choice so had high hopes, however the Aberfeldy left us underwhelmed. It was a potential easy win for the bottle with eager, excited drinkers waiting to pour out the first drams but it was not to be.
The best way i can describe it is "that drinking the Ab 21 is like driving a ferrari around the race track in eco drive", although the experience is pleasant you expect a hell of alot more for your money. This is how I found this, it was nice to drink, enough complexity for it to be distinguished from a £40 bottle but at a blind taste i would put it at the £60.
I have posted this quite late from our initial taste but only just finished it off. The whole night was not at a loss though as post the tasting of the bottle which we capped off for another time hoping the air would do some magic over time, it didn't, we got royally smashed on the revolving door collection and finished off an excellent Talisker 18 which is an enormous improvement on the 10yr old that is quite a decent drink in itself for the price, so a good night was had!

24th August 2022

I'm not a fan of whisky to be honest but this was beautiful..bought it for my dad's birthday and her insisted I have one with him ...I had more than one ..lovely

7th April 2022

Bit rough. Got as a birthday present and have had between for £30 a bottle

19th February 2021

It's not bad at all although a little unremarkable and if it was a third of the price it would be a decent buy.

At 125 quid it's very underwhelming. Taste and price do not necessarily correlate all that well.

24th January 2021

Wow, what a dram... A fine easy drinking dram. Nice and smooth with fruity notes and a honey like taste.

For me it's no water required. I will be buying again.

12th December 2020

A wonderful full bodied aroma escaped from the bottle when opened. Fruity, little smokey, with a subtle sweetness. Leave this in the glass for a few minutes and the aroma intensifies.

25th November 2020

Not normally a scotch drinker but aberfeldy 21 has changed my mind. To me it has become something. Smooth and easy on the palate.

1st June 2020

Another smooth, easy drinking and very mellow 21 year old. The 16 is a permanent feature in my whisky cabinet. This 21 year old expression from Aberfeldy will now sit along side it.

7th May 2020

12th April 2020