Bunnahabhain 2001 9 Year Old Provenance Cask #7599 McGibbons

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This review is for the "new," non-chill filtered and higher abv Bunna 12. As others have noted, this is a totally different whisky from the old 12, so if you're approaching it expecting a more "evolved" or "refined" version of the old Bunna you may be a little disappointed. The new Bunna is more "in your...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain SMWS 10.165 Sea, sand and soot 11 Years Aged

I picked up this SMWS when I went to the Victoria Film Festival in February 2020, at The Strath (where I also picked up a Shelter Point that I reviewed about a week ago). This was distilled Oct 6 2006 and matured for 11 years in a refill barrel/ex-bourbon, yielding 181 bottles. The colour is a pale gold. On the nose there is a light peating with...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old 2010 Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson published his book 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' in 1886 , allegedly written as a result of a nightmare. He only took three days to complete the 141-page book, by the way. It is best known for the fact that it addresses the principle of a split personality. Boogieman Import does exactly the same with this duo...

Score 87/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

When I got a bottle of Bunnahabhain 12yo I was really thrilled with it's name and really wanted to like the whisky. Just after I opened the bottle the nose was very nice and complex. I could get sea salt, aniseed, grass, nuts, some peat. After a while it mellowed a bit and develped nicely into some vanilla, sherry, toffee, plum and condensed milk....

Score 80/100