Old Bushmills Black Label Bottled 1980s

Bushmills 10 Year Old

The 10 Year Old single malt is matured in both bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks. The colour is a medium honey (pretty much identical to the Original blend). On the nose, crisp malt, light honey, green apples, dry hay, anise and cardamom. That briny character is there, with the barley sugar. The too-young grain found in the Original blend...

Score 89/100

Bushmills Black Bush

This Black Bush is decieving. It is bad. It turns you into an alcoholic. It is sherried and it is soft. Tooo soft. I compared it to the 50percent more expencive Auchentoshan three wood, and this was roughly the same quality. The problem is that I get drunk. I want to drink more and more and at this point I feel that the alcohol is doing someting...

Score 87/100

Bushmills Black Bush

Nose: Sweet, vanilla, soft, sherry notes Body: Smooth, semi-thick, well-rounded, full-flavoured, bite-less. Palate: The sherry flavor is extremely apparant. Notes of vanilla, sherry dance around the taste buds. Soft consistency brings a beautiful finish that begs for more.

Score 95/100

Bushmills Black Bush

I have four bottles of the Bushmills range in my cabinet, but so far only tasted the Single Malt 10 Year Old. Today, I tried the Black Bush. Black Bush is not a single malt, but a blend of single malt (approx 80%) and some grain whiskey, that has matured for over 8 years (sometimes up to 11 years) in oloroso sherry oak casks. The body is full...

Score 89/100