A New Friend
I did indeed go out to get some new whisky last night and although I said yesterday that I'd probably go for a strong Southern Islay malt, in fact I ended up getting a 12 year-old Bunnahabhain (pronounced Boona-hah-ven), which is a non-peaty, much less strong flavored whisky from the Bunnahabhain distillery on the North East shore of the island. I may go back in a week or so and get another, peatier whisky to complement it but in the meantime I have to say that I'm really enjoying this one. It's what I'd call "Very Drinkable".
The Bunnahabhain distillery goes back to 1881 so I'm drinking a bit of history here. I strongly suggest you do likewise - you won't be disappointed. Unless, that is, your idea of whisky is something you drink with ice cubes and/or coke, in which case stick to the "Happy Shopper" bargain stuff...
Cheers.
posted by Mr Bison at
7:01 AM
4 Comments:
Good choice. Slaandjivaa
Bison,
I've been a father's day procrastinator. My Dad loves scotch (in fact, you should have your friend Jaggy send you Wallace Scotch Liquor from the UK-- it's impossible to find here, but it's marvelous!). Where did you find this one in the area?
Ashley,
I went to Lukas Liquor at Clarkson & Manchester - they have half a wall of Scotch, everything from common crap to more than a hundred dollars a bottle. They had all the Islay malts in one form or another.
Cheers, EB
I'd hang on to that one as long as you can, it may be an investment.
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