First Impressions
The pinkish-amber hue gives away the port pipe finish before the glass even reaches your nose.
Distillery & Heritage
Bushmills 16 is triple-distilled, then matured for at least 16 years in a combination of ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks. The two parcels are then married and finished for several months in port pipes — hence the official 'three wood' designation.
Tasting Notes in Detail
Honey, dried fig and milk chocolate on the nose, lifted by red-berry jam from the port. The palate is silky — malt, dark fruit, marzipan, baked apple — with the port wood adding a wine-soaked sweetness.
Verdict
A genuinely characterful Irish single malt.
