Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt Assessment

Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt is the newest, everlasting, launch from the venerable distillery. It’s made utilizing a wedding of 11+-year-old ex-Bourbon and ex-Oloroso casks which have been married and completed in ex-Marsala casks for 6-9 months. In a approach, it’s like a child Bushmills 21, or Bushmills 16, however with Marsala as an alternative of Madeira or Port.

I like Bushmills… LOVE Bushmills. I’ve been a fan for over a decade and a half and I believe they create not solely a number of the greatest Irish Whiskey, however a number of the greatest sipping whiskey interval… I simply want they’d bottle no less than at 46% and NCF.

I’ve although this for a very long time, and after making an attempt a number of the cask power specialty casks a few years in the past I’m much more of a believer on this. Till I attempted them in that type I had no concept that on prime of being extra flavorful at larger proof and NCF, they’d additionally decide up a beautiful waxy texture.

The flavour I assumed would get a bit bolder, however that texture… wow. It was like a number of the greatest waxy Clynelish SiBs I’ve had. I used to be shocked and I believe in the event that they did extra in that type, particularly NCF, they’d go from having good whiskey to completley distinctive whisky throughout the board.

Alright, I’m stepping off the soapbox – let’s get to drinkin’!

Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt – Particulars and Tasting Notes

Whiskey Particulars

Pure Shade

Type: Single Malt (Irish)
Area: Eire
Distiller: Bushmills

Mash Invoice: 100% Malted Barley
Cask: ex-Bourbon, ex-Oloroso, ex-Marsala
Age: 12 Years
ABV: 40%

Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt Worth: $60*

Associated Whiskey

Bushmills White Label
Bushmills Black Bush
Bushmills 10 Years
Bushmills 16 Years
Bushmills 21 Years

Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt Tasting Notes

EYE
Gentle amber

NOSE
Dried apples, peaches, pears, strawberry taffy, malt, wax and a contact of vanilla beans.

I wish to dwell on this aroma, it’s elegant, balanced and simply all-around good.

PALATE
Honey, pears, dried apples, candied nuts, Honey Nut Cheerios, strawberry taffy and waxy vanilla.

Just like the aroma that is elegant, it’s one thing I might sip anytime and be pleased.

FINISH
Medium -> Fruit, taffy, malty sweetness fades to Honey Nut Cheerios.

BALANCE, BODY and FEEL
Properly balanced, medium physique and a heat smooth really feel.

Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt – General Ideas and Rating

It was a foregone conclusion I might purchase a bottle of this when it arrived in CA as a result of I’m a large Bushmills fan (nonetheless ready), however I’m very glad I bought to attempt it earlier than it arrived. As a result of now I’m going to purchase two bottles as an alternative of 1!

Fruity, malty, candy and a contact earthy and chic, that is the proper afternoon sipper. Which, not coincidentally, is how I completed off this pattern bottle: sipping it on my porch on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Bushmills 12 Years Single Malt is scrumptious, simply want it supplied a bit extra within the texture division.

SCORE: 3.5/5 (tasty, price trying out ~ B | 83-86)

*Disclosure: The pattern for this Irish Single Malt Whisky assessment was graciously despatched to me by the corporate with out obligation. The views, opinions, and tasting notes are 100% my very own.