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- 93.10. Bunnahabhain 1968.
- 93.00. Bunnahabhain 40-year-old.
- 92.76. Bunnahabhain 1966.
- 92.71. Bunnahabhain 1968 MoS.
- 92.63. Bunnahabhain XXV.
Is Bunnahabhain peated?
Bunnahabhain is a Scottish distillery that lies on the north-eastern tip of Islay, just north of Caol Ila. The reason for this is that Bunnahabhain apparently doesn’t use peated malt for its core line.
Is Bunnahabhain a single malt?
Islay Unpeated With the tallest stills on the island and the only distillery to use water from a natural spring, Bunnahabhain is known for its sherried, delicate, complex and unpeated single malt.
Is Bunnahabhain 12 sherry cask?
Matured exclusively in ex sherry casks in our coastal warehouses at the distillery, non-chill filtered and natural colour, this is a rich and sweet dram.
What does Bunnahabhain taste like?
There are some salted caramel and nutty notes, as well as some tropical spice notes of cinnamon, and cloves and a slight peppery sensation. The finish is long, and is dominated by sweet dried fruit flavors reflecting the pronounced sherried influence.
Is kilchoman peated?
We peat our malt for an average of 10 hours, giving the Kilchoman 100% Islay Single Farm Single Malt a phenol level of 20ppm. We also use a more heavily peated malt at 50ppm from Port Ellen maltings for other whiskies in the Kilchoman range, have a look at the full range here.
What is Bunnahabhain known for?
Whilst Islay is known for its peated whisky, Bunnahabhain stands apart with its signature unpeated style. With the tallest stills on the island and the only distillery to use water from a natural spring, Bunnahabhain is known for its sherried, delicate, complex and unpeated single malt.
What is Bunnahabhain most known for?
The Bunnahabhain distillery is unusual among its Islay distilling brethren. Notably, for the last fifty-odd years, it has specialized in producing unpeated whiskies rather than the “peat monsters” that Islay’s other distilleries have become world famous for crafting.
