Tag Archives: Bunnahabhain
Bunnahabhain 11, 2009-2021, 53.3% – Michiel Wigman (They Inspired II)
From the second series of Michiel Wigman’s They Inspired range comes this Bunnahabhain. I had a bit of a shock when it was released since I had just started participating in his ‘you get every bottle’ program, and suddenly there … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Bunnahabhain, Hans Dillesse, Islay, Michiel Wigman, Sherry Cask, They Inspired
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Bunnahabhain Mòine 15, 2005-2021, PX Finish, 55.3% – The Duchess
Things are getting a bit embarrassing. The eighth dram in the Blind Tasting Competition was one I also had recently, I wrote tasting notes to it this summer. Admittedly, it’s been a bit longer than I thought it was, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, Best of Wines, Bunnahabhain, Hans Dillesse, Islay, Sherry Cask, The Duchess
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Bunnahabhain Staoisha 7, 2013-2021, Barrel 13000244, 59.1% – Archives
Bunnahabhain took a page from the Bruichladdich book by rebranding their different styles into different brands. Where Bruichladdich has the distillery name for the unpeated single malt, Port Charlotte for their peated whisky and Octomore for their liquid ashtrays, Bunnahabhain … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Archives, Arran, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Goatfell, Islay, Staoisha, Whiskybase
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Bunnahabhain Mòine 15, 2005-2021, PX Finish, 55.3% – The Duchess
This time it’s not Archives’ tropical fish, generally from around Samoa, but a more ‘local’ series of animals. Animals found in the United Kingdom, if I’m not mistaken, from Dutch independent bottler The Duchess. The label is, not entirely surprising, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, Best of Whiskies, Best of Wines, Bunnahabhain, Hans Dillesse, Islay, Scotch, Sherry Cask, Single Malt, The Duchess, Whiskey, Whisky
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Bunnahabhain Abhainn Araig, Feis Ile 2022, Bourbon + PX Octave Casks, 50.8%
Leave it up to me to enthusiastically buy a bottle of whisky, only to review it a year later. This Bunnahabhain was released for last year’s Feis Ile and much like several other brands the whisky is available through regular … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Feis Ile, Islay, Sherry Cask
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Bunnahabhain 33, 1980-2013, Bourbon Barrel, 45% – James MacArthur
It’s been a minute since I tasted something new of a vintage like this! With older stocks depleting, older vintages become more rare as we go. Of course, that has always been the case, but I think in the future … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, Bourbon Cask, Bunnahabhain, Fine Malt Selection, Islay, James MacArthur's
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Earlskine – Your Whisky Destination
In northern Germany, in Oldenburg there is a shop called ‘Whisky Erlebnis‘. They focus their inventory towards the luxurious side of things with all kinds of whiskies, gin, rum, cigars and more. They’re fairly new to the world of whisky, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, 2009, 2010, BenRiach, Bunnahabhain, Earlskine, Earlskine - Your Whisky Destination, Islay, Isle of Mull, Ledaig, Mull, Port Cask, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Tobermory, Whisky Erlebnis
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Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, 2 Bunnahabhains by Boogieman Import
Apart from the story of Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, there is some background to be given to the whiskies here. In this case, the whiskies are two very different sides to the same coin, sort of. Both are Bunnahabhains, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, 2010, Boogieman Import, Bunnahabhain, Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, Islay, Passie voor Whisky, Sherry Cask
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Best of Wines’ Blind Tasting Competition #1
Earlier this month Best of Wines hosted a Blind Tasting Competition. With Nils, the resident whisky geek, being a former member of the Usquebaugh Society, and said Society stopping their version of the competition, Nils took over and hosted this … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, 2010, 2014, Best of Wines, Blind Tasting Competition, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown Whisky Company, Chinquapin cask, David Stirk, Dechar/Rechar, Electric Coo Series, Glenallachie, Macduff, Mark Watt, Sherry Cask, Staoisha, The Ultimate, Van Wees
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Bunnahabhain 33, 1987-2021, 53.4% – Michiel Wigman, Prometheus
Yesterday, Michiel Wigman’s newest bottles came in. I didn’t buy this one, but I did get a sample of it. I’m simply not one to spend this kind of money on a single bottle. I have never done so, and … Continue reading
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