Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Cask Strength - 2022 Edition

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The name Bunnahabhain (pronounced 'Bunn-na-ha-ven’), translates as ‘foot of the river’. The distillery is located within the small Islay village of the same name. Founded in 1881, the village was built to house the workers of the distillery. Construction began in January 1883, at the dawn of the ‘whisky boom’ (sound familiar?) following Scotch whisky’s unprecedented growth in popularity within the British Empire. Thoughts: I’m a huge fan of Bunnahabhain’s standard 12-year-old bottling. In terms of core range, age-stated releases, it’s about the best value for money you’ll find today. The idea of a cask strength version seemed to hold a lot of potential but I did wonder how much better it could be, given the impressive standard of the original. As it turns out, the original could be improved upon. Quite a bit, in fact. The sherry character seems more intense in the cask strength version. In fact, everything seems to have been dialled up a notch. The raisins are juicier, the caramel richer and the peppercorns spicier. It’s just altogether… bigger. In modern times, changes to the norms of whisky production in a particular Scotch whisky region are welcomed. Along with Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain was one of the first to deviate from the typical Islay profile when alternative fuels were made available and the demand for lighter spirit, without the heavy smoke, increased. At one time, there were 23 active distilleries in operation on the island, so competition to sell liquid was rife.

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Cask Strength 2022 Release Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Cask Strength 2022 Release

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The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Year Old Single Malt Whisky In Gift Tube This Scottish Whisky has been matured in traditional oak whisky casks for 1... The palate is pepper, baking spice especially clove. The sherry notes lead to plum and dark cherry. The brine also follows the nose. The mouthfeel and texture of the whisky increases, showing off the balance of the spirit and the wood, but in a more concentrated form. This deep russet gold, natural cask strength 12 Year Old is a celebration of the Bunnahabhain house style. Delivering big hits of chocolate, spice and concentrated dried fruits.

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Nose: Initial notes of creamy milk chocolate, red berries and sweet dried fruit are balanced with classic Oloroso spiciness and a hint of cloves. Published in print 8 times each year, Whisky Magazine is the perfect drinking companion for all who enjoy the water of life. The finish is long and a little dry. Im not detecting a sweet note. What I am getting is long, old-charred wood with slight hints of rhubarb and more pepper. The 2021 is good, but the 2022 is great.If you bought the 2021 edition and were disappointed, the 2022 is what you were hoping for.It’s what I was.It’s very close to the standard 12 dialled up.If you place drams of the 2021 and the 2022 next to the standard 46% 12 year old, right away you’ll group the 2022 and the standard 12 Glencairns together with the 2021 as the outlier.The nose shows the sherry influence immediately with dark stone fruits and raisins. The longer it sits, the greater the influence. There seems to be a bit of brine and pepper as well. Deriving from the Gaelic for ‘mouth of the river’, Bunnahabhain was founded in 1881 by William Robertson and brothers James and William Greenless. A very smooth, easy-drinking Islay malt, Bunnahabhain (pronounced ‘BOO-na-HAven’) closed and reopened twice during the twentieth century and eventually production was limited to a mere few weeks annually following Edrington's 1999 acquisition of previous owners Highland Distillers. Great whisky, it takes a minute to open up, but being patient with this dram is well worth it. It is a bit abrasive at first and gives the robustness of a cask strength whisky. Lots of Spice, Coa-coa and Pepper on the front. All of this got me thinking, though; with the likes of Ardnahoe recently opening on the island, soon to be joined by Port Ellen, Portintruan and the Islay Boys‘ plans at Glenegedale, you wonder, will there be an appetite for more new distilleries in the not-too-distant future? Islay is quite a remote island, and I dare say sending the appropriate resources to the island for building and production is costly, as well as putting further strains on the island’s already stretched infrastructure. This second release is of course similar in many ways to the first, as we follow the same classic recipe of unpeated Islay spirit in oloroso. The latest expression is richer in sweet chocolate and red fruits on the nose and carries a spicier finish delivering bigger, richer and fuller flavours of oloroso sherry that Bunnahabhain drinkers have come to know and love."

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Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. The 2022 12 Years Old Cask Strength release has been matured in first- and second-fill oloroso sherry casks – as was the first 12 Years Old Cask Strength release in 2021 – which the distillery says impart notes of "intense dried fruits and warm cinnamon spice". The new expression is bottled at 56.6% ABV.Roasted nuts and spice lead the way with cinnamon and cloves fading to reveal soft notes of butterscotch, toffee, sultanas and a gentle hint of coffee. With each cask being different, natural variation can occur from one batch to the next, however we take great care to assess the spirit from each cask individually to ensure the character of the spirit has not lost its identity. Balvenie 12 Year Old Doublewood Whisky The Balvenie Doublewood 12 year old single malt whisky gains its distinctive character from maturing in two ... Taste: Arrives with the same dried fruits character… Raisins, sultanas, prunes. Salted caramel. Peppercorns. More chocolate. Oak char. Malty, cereals on the finish. Some fresh leather. With water there’s vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce.

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