Bushmills 12 Years Old Distillery Reserve

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 15 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Warm. Suede. Leather. Linseed. Palate Toasted almonds. Pistachios. Fudge. Fruity. Flowering currant. Good flavour development. Finish A hint of sherry. Apricot-like, oily sweetness. Comment Despite being a malt, it still, somehow has an Irish accent. Slightly more personality than the Bushmills malt at 16 Years Old. Drinkable and sociable.

Jim Murray Nose The sherry is light and clean and gives way to a lovely hint of orange and sweet nuts. Impressively stylish and assured. Palate A highly developed and confusingly complex middle tends to nudge back towards sherry dominance. Finish Dries as the richer sherry notes fade and the oak takes hold. Comment Cleaner than of old but no less characterful. Quite a cerebral whisky.