Great whisky, it takes a minute to open up, but being patient with this dram is well worth it. It is a bit abrasive at first and gives the robustness of a cask strength whisky. Lots of Spice, Coa-coa and Pepper on the front. Our single malts are natural products and a lot of the wonderful flavours enjoyed in Bunnahabhain 12 are a consequence of the cask wood extract being released into the spirit over the aging period. It all sounds great but as any visitor to Islay will tell you, the island doesn’t appear to be blessed with an abundance of trees. I can’t help but wondering exactly how much wood chip needs to be burned every day to produce an output of 2.5million litres per year and where it’s all going to come from. What if Islay can’t supply the full requirement? Will it be shipped in from elsewhere? Won’t that create more emissions just to bring fuel in? In any case, I think it’s great to see steps being taken. Whether they prove to be the right steps, only time will tell. I sincerely hope Bunnahabhain’s new system works exactly the way Distell say it will. At this stage, any and all attempts at progress should be welcomed.

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In time, the owners invested in a substantial pier which stands to this day, but I discovered that my intuition that building on Islay would’ve been difficult was proven for Bunnahabhain during its construction. Deep into the first building period in an Islay winter, two large boilers were blown off the beach while they were waiting to be fitted. Why build on such a remote part of a small island you ask? Well it seems the decision to build here was not least on account of Robertson & Baxter's close relationship with Bulloch Lade & Company, who were rebuilding Caol Ila at the time, and also because of the plentiful water from Loch Staoisha ( which could also be used to cool the condensers) and the previously mentioned access by sea. Nose: Chocolate buttons, cranberries, and cherries, with dates and sultanas joining in time, bolstered by woody spice.

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But those conga freaks wouldn’t pipe down. The weeks went by and it was still available. The music got louder. I sipped my standard 46% 12 and wondered: “What if this year’s is better?” I then heard a few trusted voices give the 2022 edition some high praise and that coaxed me to join the line.