Bushmills 16 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 65 by Dave Broom and Gavin Smith.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Big, fat and wine like. Sweet and jammy with hot raspberry jelly alongside dry roast peanut, (over) cooked apple and cinnamon. Palate Sweet red fruits. Hint of sloe-scented sweetness. Fresh, but as fat as you like in the middle, then comes the cereal. Finish Falls away on the back palate. Comment A touch slick and a little one-dimensional.

Gavin Smith Nose Wine guns and wet garden undergrowth. Palate Bright and fruity, a fresh, lively mouthfeel. Finish Drying steadily with vanilla and rye. Comment Attractive and eminently quaffable.