Bunnahabhain 1971 35 Year Old 125th Anniversary

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old 2009 Klubb23 for Buds & Barrels

Bunna 2009 on sherry? I have good memories of that. There’s good reason for having bottled such a cask with Mark & Manny's malts. But our friends from Klubb23 also could get their hands on such a cask and bottled it for the shop Buds & Barrels, run by our good friend Tom Haseldonckx. It's the first of a series of four single casks in the...

Score 88/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This is my third bottle of Bunnahabhain 12. I've had one of the older 40% abv bottles and 2 of the newer craft presentation offerings. I've always been happy with the bottle. Nose Lovely nose. Oranges, honey, cocoa, some dried fruit, toffee Palate Similar to the nose. Salted caramel, fruit and nut chocolate, bonfire toffee. Finish The finish is...

Score 88/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old Discovery

In their Discovery range Gordon & Macphail offer approachable entry level malts and today I’ll put two of those to the test, both for the Islay distillery of Bunnahabhain. Both are quite young, but one matured on a bourbon cask, while the other slept on a sherry cask. I’ll finish with the 11 years old on sherry. Sweet notes of dried and...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This has a 'take it or leave it' kind of flavour profile. It's not a Laphroaig, an Ardbeg, a Lagavulin, etc. It's flavour profile might be closest to a Bowmore bottling, if one must make a comparison. However the people at Bunnahabhain seem to have gone through considerable effort to make something distinctive. If I were to describe it...

Score 84/100