Head to head · same category, comparable price
Aberlour A'bunadh vs Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour
They diverge on 3 of our eight axes, most of all peaty, 0 against 4.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Aberlour A'bunadh | Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Single malt |
| Origin | Speyside, Scotland | Islands, Scotland |
| Age | No age statement | 12 years |
| Strength | Not published | 40% ABV |
| Cask | Oloroso sherry butt | Sherry-seasoned American oak, ex-bourbon |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £70 | £42 |
| Per 10cl | £10 | £6.00 |
| Per litre of alcohol | — | £150 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | Not stated |
What separates them
Both from Scotland: Aberlour A'bunadh from Speyside, Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour from Islands.
Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour states 12 years; Aberlour A'bunadh states none.
Cask as each producer describes it: Aberlour A'bunadh in oloroso sherry butt, Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour in sherry-seasoned american oak and ex-bourbon.
Neither states chill filtration.
Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Aberlour A'bunadh is £28 dearer a bottle than Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour.
Aberlour A'bunadh publishes no strength, so we will not cost it per litre of alcohol.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Aberlour A'bunadh | Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 0 | 4 |
| Sweet | 8 | 6 |
| Fruity | 7 | 5 |
| Spicy | 6 | 4 |
| Woody | 6 | 5 |
| Sherried | 9 | 5 |
| Cereal | 5 | 5 |
| Oily | 9 | 6 |
3 of the eight axes clear 3 points; after peaty comes sherried at 9 against 5 and oily at 9 against 6.
Level only on cereal, 5 each.
Each bottle in its own right
Aberlour A'bunadh
Enormous sherried fruit at cask strength. Batch to batch it moves, which is the point.
We publish no ABV because there isn't one: A'bunadh is released in sequential batches, each bottled at its own cask strength, and Aberlour states only 'cask strength' with no number. Any single ABV you see quoted for it is batch-specific. A'bunadh means 'the original' in Gaelic.
Full record →Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour
Heather smoke and honey in balance. The best-balanced malt at its price.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Aberlour A'bunadh for cask strength and sherry bombs, Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour for all-rounder and bridge to peated whisky.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Aberlour A'bunadh and Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour: aberlour.com, highlandparkwhisky.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.