Head to head · same category, comparable price
Aberlour A'bunadh vs Laphroaig 10 Year Old
They diverge on 5 of our eight axes, most of all peaty, 0 against 9.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Aberlour A'bunadh | Laphroaig 10 Year Old | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Single malt |
| Origin | Speyside, Scotland | Islay, Scotland |
| Age | No age statement | 10 years |
| Strength | Not published | 40% ABV |
| Cask | Oloroso sherry butt | Ex-bourbon barrel |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £70 | £45 |
| Per 10cl | £10 | £6.43 |
| Per litre of alcohol | — | £161 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | Not stated |
What separates them
Both from Scotland: Aberlour A'bunadh from Speyside, Laphroaig 10 Year Old from Islay.
Laphroaig 10 Year Old states 10 years; Aberlour A'bunadh states none.
Cask as each producer describes it: Aberlour A'bunadh in oloroso sherry butt, Laphroaig 10 Year Old in ex-bourbon barrel.
Neither states chill filtration.
Laphroaig 10 Year Old: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Aberlour A'bunadh is £25 dearer a bottle than Laphroaig 10 Year Old.
Aberlour A'bunadh publishes no strength, so we will not cost it per litre of alcohol.
Flavour, compared
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| Axis | Aberlour A'bunadh | Laphroaig 10 Year Old |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 0 | 9 |
| Sweet | 8 | 2 |
| Fruity | 7 | 2 |
| Spicy | 6 | 4 |
| Woody | 6 | 4 |
| Sherried | 9 | 1 |
| Cereal | 5 | 4 |
| Oily | 9 | 6 |
5 of the eight axes clear 3 points; after peaty comes sherried at 9 against 1, sweet at 8 against 2, fruity at 7 against 2 and oily at 9 against 6.
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 →Laphroaig 10 Year Old
Medicinal, seaweed and ash. The most divisive dram in mainstream whisky.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Aberlour A'bunadh for cask strength and sherry bombs, Laphroaig 10 Year Old for testing whether you like peat at all.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Aberlour A'bunadh and Laphroaig 10 Year Old: aberlour.com, laphroaig.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.