The KOTQ has enjoyed 7 tastings from the Bunnahabhain distillery
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Bunnahabhain Islay 1881 - Today Black Bottle, Famous Grouse
       
Status Ownership Water Source Production
Active Burn Stewart Distillers (Distell International) River Margadale 2,600,000 liters/year
       
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BUNNAHABHAIN Manzanilla Cask Matured 21Q1 - BUNNAHABHAIN 11 Manzanilla Cask Matured [Distillery bottling at Cask Strength]
Name
Color
Nose
Body
Palate
Finish
Comments
Meeting
Bop
Tawny port in the nose AND sticky BBQ sauce
Oily like Springbank 21 in the front half, salty chocolate back half
BBQ char in the finish
Absolutely unique, fun, and incredible. Purchase.
21Q1-Badger March 13th, 2021
Lakeview
VANILLA
butter, honey,
delicious but almost too sweet
Perfect to go on my pancakes! 2nd place finisher to the L16 for me. But pricey at $200.
21Q1-Badger March 13th, 2021
BUNNAHABHAIN Cask Strength 2021 Edition 23Q1 - BUNNAHABHAIN 12 Cask Strength 2021 Edition [Distillery bottling at Cask Strength]
BUNNAHABHAIN yo 03Q2 - BUNNAHABHAIN 17 yo [Scotts Selection bottling at Standard Strength]
BUNNAHABHAIN yo 19Q3 - BUNNAHABHAIN 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength]
BUNNAHABHAIN 1999 02Q1 - BUNNAHABHAIN 20 1999 [Signatory bottling at Standard Strength]
Name
Color
Nose
Body
Palate
Finish
Comments
Meeting
Bluff
Dark bronze
Peaty, seaweed, moldy tree
Medium to full, kind of bummin
Rich and buttery, but really salty
Lingering finish
Interesting complexity, but not enjoyable as the rest tonight.
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Bop
Dark red
Peaty, dark-bad, fast odor
charred, crispy, 3 hours of full court basketball
Gallops, hot in the middle
Unsure of its focus
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Centennial
caramel
been there, done that
tempestuous
Brown, wood burning, iron hot
residual, long lasting lava-like, nothing subtle,
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Cyclone
Dark! RC Cola
Fierce! Hairspray in the nose. Sour apples.
Thick. Big boned, but attractive. Carmen Electra
Sour
Warm to the stomach. Tingles all over my tongue
Pop rocks. Chaotic.
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Irving
Sherry red
Way up in the nose sharp, woody and a little sweet
Bam! Grabs me + shakes. Needs to be cut with H2O
Rich, thick, argumentative, strong, chaotic
light soap, suprisingly quick
like a reduced sauce
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Lakeview
Dark brown
Seaweed, ocean
Tar, charred
Aftertaste
Gives Bunnahabhain 12 a bad name! Bummin! Will never grace my collection. Would rather have Glen Garioch 8.
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Tao
Billy Holiday. Strang fruit
Salt, a little flowery
Annie Lennox
Overwelmed by pepper
Quick finish, but hot until
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
Ville
Brown
Iodine, nutty, creamy
02Q1-Bop March 23rd, 2002
BUNNAHABHAIN 1st refill Bourbon 09Q1 - BUNNAHABHAIN nas 1st refill Bourbon [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength]
Name
Color
Nose
Body
Palate
Finish
Comments
Meeting
Bluff
Fresh cork.Band-aid
Sweet melon undercurrent of pepper
Long & warm
Syrupy, dessert. After contemplating it; I am turned off.
09Q1-Ville February 27th, 2009
BUNNAHABHAIN Cruach Mhoan 22Q3 - BUNNAHABHAIN nas Cruach Mhoan [Distillery bottling at Cask Strength]