Whisky review #1 Bunnahabhain

Decided to do some whisky reviews for my blog. Concentrating on the single malts but hoping to get a few blends in to, perhaps a few bourbons added in for diversity. As you know…I’m not much a drinker (..ahem) so I shall be using the help of a guest reviewer and in this case I shall enlist my son’s Monkey who is imaginatively named “Bluey”

Unlike me Bluey is a raging alcoholic but does have a taste for the finer things in life to today a pis%ed up Bluey shall be reviewing a fine single Islay Malt called Bunnahabhain. Bunnahabhain (pronounced BUN-a-HAV-in, from Scottish Gaelic Bun na h-Abhainn meaning "foot of the river is a village on the northeast coast of the isle of Islay, which is in the Argyll and Bute area of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides group of islands. It is also the name of a malt whisky distillery located there, but enough of the georgraphy lesson…..let’s take a swig.

Tasting notes…. Nose…Bannanas Palate…Fellow primates Bum Finish…Banana leafs Ok Bluey…..let me butt in here for a bit….. Nose: Fresh, sweet. Seaweed, malt. Palate: Soft, supple. Sherry, nutty. A little sweetness, malty, juicy sultana. Slightly coastal. Finish: Sherried, mochaccino, herbal, balanced salty tang. Not as peaty as most other Islays. This is a 12 year old malt although you can get older versions (but as the priests say…older is not always better) and its un-chillfiltered so if you add ice (and go to hell for adding ice to a fine malt you idiot) then it may go cloudy. It does have a smooth, lovely nose, lingering mellow aftertaste and at 46.3% vol it may benefit from a couple drops of water so the alcohol burn on your tounge does not mask the tastes. All in all I would rate this single malt 4 out of 5 bananas