Bunnahabhain 1997 16 Year Old Old Malt Cask Hunter Laing

Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old 1973 The Whiskyman

The Lindores Whisky Festival in Ostend (Belgium) is well-known. Four of the gang (Dominiek, Geert, Christophe and Dirk – their faces are on the label) were all born in 1973, so they thought it a good idea to release a Birthday Dram. They selected a 40 Year Old Bunna from 1973 from the stables of The Whiskyman (which is Dominiek). I put it...

Score 92/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old 2004 Rubha a’ Mhail

Bunna keeps releases malts with impossible names… Rubha a’ Mhail should be pronounced ‘roo-a-val’ and is the name of one of the lighthouses close to Bunnahabhain, some 6 kilometers to the north on the northern coast of the island, lit for the first time in 1859. I digress. The bottle was one of the two released by the distillery for Feis Ile 2015...

Score 86/100

Bn4 - Elements of Islay

Elements of Islay Bn4, a dark and sweet character made from the collections of Bunnahabhain. I only had a chance to take few tastes of this on a road trip to Taivaanranta distillery in Finland. So I'm not the best judge. Because I want to write about each SIGNIFICANT WHISKY tasting, this one counts as well, though my sightings might not be the...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 22 Year Old 1991 Chester

The Feis Ile has only just ended, so might as well try a few Islay drams. I will put two Bunna H2H, both bottled by Chester. The first was a 16 Year Old Bunnahabhain on refill sherry hogshead, this one is a 22 Year Old on bourbon. Let us get to it! Surprising nose. Not many maritime elements, although they linger on the horizon, but mostly graeffe...

Score 84/100