What is your favourite Sherry-Bomb ?

This is a hard question, I would have to say the A'bunadh, it has a special place in my hearth. Still, I tried the Glenfarclas 175, and it was very tasty and sherried has it can be. In the more expansive bottles, I had the chance to taste a dram of the Strathisla 25yo (one of the ingredient in JW's blue label) and this was one stunning dram!

For me it's Karuizawa or GlenDronach, with Glenfarclas and Strathisla as follow-up.

Glendronach 12yo Original and 15yo Revival , Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX, Macallan Cask Strength, Dalmore 15yo and Aberlour A'bunadh. All sherry bottlings I currently have, but my favorite would have to be the Aberlour A'bunadh.

GlenDronach 19. Very hard to find, as the 15 & 18 are the usual bottlings. Another worthy consideration: Glenmorangie Signet

It's interesting that you call Glenmorangie Signet a sherry bomb, as sherry is only a minor element in its formula. For me a sherry "bomb" is not just any sherry matured whisky. The wine should be playing the main role, I would even say it has to overshadow the original spirit.

@Kapre A'bunadh indeed, but with a little more dollars, I prefer the HP 18... one of the best !

Glenfarclas 12 so far, Macallan Cask Strength is right behind it though.

I guess it is The Macallan 12 y o sherry cask. An impressive whisky.

Hard choice A'bunadh or the 1998 Gordon & Macphail Exclusive Mortlach could pip it

The Macallan18 is great stuff...

@WhiskyNotes You're correct: the Signet (being a vatted whisky) is not strictly sherry cask aged. However, the notes I detect clearly say sherry influenced. If we're talking a whisky that tastes like sherry, due to an overload of the wine, I'd have to say Redbreast (12 or 15).

I really don't agree. Walnuts, dried prunes, tobacco, figs, blackberry jam... those are typical sherry (bomb) notes for me and they are hardly found in Redbreast.

Redbreast is sherry finished whiskey. For a sherry monster you need first fill sherry in my opinion.

I'm in a sherry phase right now. Aberlour A'bunadh is at the top of the list followed by the Macallan 12. I stumbled upon a Glenmorangie Lasanta last week that I plan to try this weekend. Still on the hunt for Yamazaki Sherry Cask.

@whiskyNotes, I have to agree with you-Glendronach and Karuizawa for the dirty Sherry; Glenfarclas and older Macallans from the Speymalt Series for a more elegant Sherrystyle.

Adelphi Lochside 46 Year Old 1965, Sherry Cask #6778

For me it would be the 2 Glendronach single cask's I've had. Out of the non-one off batch whisky's it would be Glendronach 15 Revival and Glenmorangie PX, never had Aberlour A'bunadh but it's defiantly something that's on my wish list.

Glenfarclas 15 for me, but it's not available in the USA. Of the ones we can get it's got to be the USA-exclusive Arran 1996 Sherry Cask, cask # 1785

The Dalmore 15 is a serious sherry bomb, and so are any Macallan Sherry cask whiskies, but my favorite right now would have to be Aberlour A'bunadh!

Macallan Cask Strength for me

For a special, one-off bottling, it would have to be the yet un-opened bottle of 40 Longmorn from the Whisky Society (7.55 - "Liquid Heaven"). 40 years in a first-fill Sherry Cask classifies as a Sherry Bomb in my book. :-) I had a chance to try it at a society tasting and was blown away.

Also, Ben Nevis 25 year, cask strength, single cask. First 14 years in oak and the final 11 years in a Sherry cask. Absolutely perfect.

A bit late to the party, but:

@WhiskyNotes AFAIK Redbreast isn't a finished whiskey - it's a combination of sherry matured and bourbon matured whiskey, but it's all fully matured. I agree it's not a sherry bomb, though.

Without a doubt - Glenfarclas 40 year old!

My all time favourite Sherry bomb is without any doubt Macallan Malt 12 years in a single Olorosso cask & what a cask - This hasn't been around for a few years and I suspect was ever only available ex. distillery.

I have about 100ml. left and I look at it often and then grab the a'bunadh: I really don't want it to finish. I cracked a Springbank recently, the spicy port wood 11 yo. I don't want it to finish either, but it is a very differnt Whisky from the Macallan.

Aberlour a'bunadh is always available (Brisbane), is always good, is affordable and is, indeed, A sherry Bomb!

I do really enjoy The BenRiach 12

The Glenfarclas Movember release was fun :) And the Whisky Magazine single cask Karuizawa was a bit of a sherry epic, too: www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-11967.aspx

I would go with Abunad'h (batch 32 specifically) and Glenfarclas 15. Honourable mention to Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX. The Macallan CS has left me a little cold (though I am always open to trying it again) as I find it a little one dimensional.

Glendronach 21 Parliament - awesome, i dont find words to describe this malt.

While I'm not too fond of what I'd consider an over abundance of sherry (in my case the Glenfarclas 12 yr) - however I really do enjoy the Aberlour range of the 12 yr Non-Chill filter, 16 yr, and 18 yr.

Of the ones I've had? A'bunadh for sure.