Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt
Bushmills · Old Bushmills Distillery
Sixteen years across three wood types gives Bushmills a depth that their younger expressions only hint at. The triple distillation keeps things remarkably smooth, but the cask influence ensures there is enough going on to hold attention. This is Irish whiskey at its most refined.
Nose
Ripe peach and dried apricot open beautifully, followed by a layer of honey-drizzled almonds. There is a soft vanilla thread and just a hint of solventy spirit that blows off quickly to reveal toasted wood.
Palate
Silky mouthfeel with pronounced dried fruit and caramel sweetness. The three-cask maturation delivers real complexity — Oloroso brings the dark fruit, bourbon the vanilla, and port pipes the berry-like richness. Malt and woody tannins provide the frame.
Finish
Long and warming, with almond and dried fruit persisting. A gentle woody spice and a flicker of floral rosewater close the sip gracefully.
- Distillation
- Triple distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Oloroso sherry butts, bourbon barrels, and port pipes, minimum 16 years
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Yes
Food Pairing
Aged Comté cheese with honeycomb and walnuts
Holding a license dating to 1608, Old Bushmills on the Antrim coast triple-distills all its single malts and finishes this 16-year expression across Oloroso sherry, bourbon, and port casks.
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