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Bushmills Single Malt 46 Year

Irish Whiskey Bushmills
  • Distiller

    Bushmills

  • Bottler

    Bushmills

  • ABV

    46.3%

  • Age

    46 Years

  • Price $200+

Bushmills 46 Year is the oldest single malt released by the Bushmills Distillery — and the oldest Irish single malt ever released. This 46.3%-ABV expression honors the River Bush, which has supplied water to the distillery since 1608. The whiskey was aged exclusively in oloroso sherry butts, and only 300 bottles were released.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 95
  • VinePair
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • Bushmills 46 matches its pedigree with robust flavors befitting a superlatively aged spirit. I was especially intrigued by the intersection of bold jammy fruit and tannins with fainter flavors of smoke and chocolate. It’s a captivating pour worthy of small sips and big conversation, and certainly among the most robustly flavorful Bushmills releases I’ve tasted.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Jonny McCormick
  • Dark and syrupy, with flavors of walnut, treacle, sultana, black cherry, and cinnamon, rounding off with maple syrup, marron glacé, dried apricot, blackened oak, and coffee grounds. The finish is spicy, syrupy, and satisfying.
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • Loads of complex layers and depth make this a great whiskey, but at the end of the day, it's a bit overly oaky, which prevents it from being truly exceptional
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Loaded with sherry character as you’d expect after 46 years in ex-sherry butts. Earthy, umami, mushroomy sherry character is layered with the bright tropical fruit notes I've come to expect from Bushmills. Big time tobacco is joined by mango, peaches, cinnamon, honey, raspberry.

  • Taste:

    Moderate mouthfeel. Super oaky. Loads of char and tannin at the forefront with pineapple, tobacco, peach pits, honey and butterscotch lingering behind the wall of oak.

  • Finish:

    Barrel char kicks off the finish, followed by tobacco, seared oak, green apple peel, vanilla, cloves, pepper, espresso beans.

  • Overall:

    Loads of complex layers and depth make this a great whiskey, but at the end of the day, it's a bit overly oaky, which prevents it from being truly exceptional. Older isn’t always better — but this is still pretty damn good.

  • Score:

    91

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources