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Highland single malt, 43% ABV, matured in oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Expect bold notes of sun-dried raisins, gingerbread, spiced orange, and a lingering tiramisu finish. If you love Aberlour 12's rich sherry-cask warmth, GlenDronach 12 is your most faithful alternative. Both use a combination of oloroso and PX casks to deliver that same deep, fruit-laden sweetness with a warming spice backbone — this is essentially the Highland twin of your Speyside favourite. You'll notice the body is perhaps a fraction more intense and the fruit a touch darker — stewed rather than fresh — but the overall DNA is unmistakable. This is the bottle that experienced drinkers point to whenever someone asks 'what else is like Aberlour?'

Speyside single malt, 46% ABV, aged in bourbon, sherry, and port casks. A layered, spicy dram with loads of dried fruit, rich toffee, and soft warming spice. Like Aberlour 12, BenRiach The Twelve is a Speyside malt that leans into multi-cask maturation to build complexity and sweetness. The addition of port casks alongside sherry brings an extra dimension — a juicy, almost jammy fruit note that sits beautifully alongside the classic dried-fruit richness you already enjoy. At 46% and non-chill-filtered, you also get more texture and depth than the standard Aberlour expression. If you want the same taste world but with the volume turned up a notch, this is your bottle.

Speyside single malt, 40% ABV, matured in ex-bourbon casks. A softer, sweeter style with honeyed flapjacks, caramel squares, fresh apple, and honeydew melon. This is the wildcard pick — Cardhu 12 shares Aberlour's accessible, sweet-leaning Speyside character but takes a completely different route to get there. Where Aberlour goes rich and sherried, Cardhu goes clean and honeyed: it's the same approachable quality, expressed in a lighter, more orchard-fruit key. If you've ever wanted to explore what Aberlour's sweetness looks like stripped of the sherry influence — or if you're introducing someone to single malt who finds Aberlour a touch intense — Cardhu 12 is a beautifully polished discovery from the same taste world.