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A smooth Irish whiskey with sherry cask richness, showing raisin and oak and finishing warm.
Oak
Additional information
- Whisky
- Style
- Ireland
- Origin
- 700ml
- Size
- 40% ABV
- Alcohol
- 2.2 per bottle
- Standard drinks
- Oak
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Bushmills Black Bush
$69.99each
The story of Bushmills Black Bush
Black Bush was first sold as Old Bushmills Special Old Liqueur Whiskey, and drinkers shortened the name to Black Bush. It is made at the Bushmills distillery in County Antrim, on Northern Ireland's north coast, and it has a higher share of malt whiskey than the standard Bushmills blend.
The malt is triple distilled from unpeated barley and matured in sherry seasoned oak casks. It is then blended with a small portion of grain whiskey, and the blend returns to the cask to marry before bottling at 40 per cent. With no peat in the picture, the sherry casks are what you taste.
That means fruitcake first, with raisin, baked apple and dried apricot, then caramel and a soft, nutty palate. The finish is warm and lingering, balancing the sherry with the smooth spirit underneath.
It does not need much. Pour it neat or over a large cube, or build a tall drink with ginger ale and a twist of orange peel. Fruitcake or a handful of walnuts sit naturally beside it.
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