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13th April 2018 |
Bushmills
increase availability of 16 year old and
add year of bottling to the Bushmills 21
year old.
 Fans
of the Bushmills 16 year old will
probably have noticed that it has become
rather difficult to get hold of these
days, well you will be pleased to hear
the that the Northern Irish distillery has
told me that from this year there will
be a 100% increase in availability of
the Bushmills 16 year old – a direct
response to the 25% increase in demand
of premium malts in the last year.
Bushmills 16 year old single malt has
been aged for at least 16 years in a
combination of bourbon casks and Oloroso
sherry butts, before being vatted and
married for nine months in large old
port pipes then bottled at 40% ABV. This
careful ageing and finishing produces a
smooth and sweet single malt that tastes
mature beyond its years, with flavours
of honeyed nutty maltiness, toasted wood
and sweet port wine.
The outstanding Bushmills 21 year old
which also has limited availability
annually will also see a change this
year, just to the packaging, each bottle
will have the year of bottling and its
own individual number referenced on the
bottle, which is sure to impact on its
collectability as due to the very nature
of single malts no two years releases
will be 100% identical and bottles which
are highly rated by whisky critics and
enthusiasts are sure to become
more collectable and valuable in time as
we have seen with other whisky brands
which state the bottling year on their
aged single malts.
Those of you not familiar with the
Bushmills 21 year old, it was matured in
American oak bourbon and old Oloroso
sherry casks for at least 19 years. The
whiskey spends two further years
marrying in Madeira wine casks to
produce a single malt of depth, richness
and complexity with notes of wood,
raisin, toffee sweetness and soft spice
and hints of vanilla, dark chocolate,
mint and leather.
You will find the Bushmills 16 & 21 year
old single malts available from specialist whisky shops
such as
The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of Malt
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