Bunnahabhain 12 Years | Whisky Review

[@xiaoyiwu9310]

This bottle is amazing, one of the best 12 yrs. The characters tick almost every box for a wonderful daily sip.

[@Pieishman]

I poured myself a dram of the 12 to sip while watching. Great as always!

[@johnpurdy6284]

Having a dream of this whisky while watching Horst today. This one is always in my cabinet. Lovely sweet, fruity, caramel aroma; rich, complex palate with a pronounced briny, coastal sea air tang. I love this.

[@jamesmavis577]

I love when he reviews a whiskey I have in my cabinet so that we can drink a dram together.

[@jimmyvanzeno]

I love your reviews Horst! Thankyou for doing them 👍

[@Whiskycom]

Glad you enjoy our content!

[@BillMcGirr]

Easily one of my 2 favorite scotches. With Oban 14 being the other. Fantastic whisky.💪👍🥃

[@johnpurdy6284]

Completely agree. Unfortunately Oban is getting ridiculously expensive where I live ( British Columbia).

[@BillMcGirr]

@@johnpurdy6284 Absolutely. Bunnahabhain has gone from $55 to over $70 here in NE. Oban has always been $80-90 here as well. Hell… the other week I was ecstatic to find Glenmorangie 10 on sale for $35. I bought 4 bottles.🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m just not willing to pay those ridiculous prices.🤷‍♂️👍🥃

[@johnpurdy6284]

I wish I could get Oban for that price. Here in BC, Oban 14 is $150 CAD (about $112US). Stupid expensive. Bunna 12 is $105 CAD ( about $78 US)

[@groberti]

try out the Oban Little Bay, I think it is even better than the 14yo

[@ricardodelorenzo3954]

My favorite!

[@laner.845]

This is my favorite scotch. Their 18 is sublime as well, but the price of the 12 and the bang for the buck makes it the best for me. I'm supposed to get out there next fall for a visit and I'm going to do the largest tasting package that boasts getting to taste the very rare 46yr. I really hope that trip doesn't fall through.

[@GeoffreyBangers]

One of my favorite drams, I just finished my bottle and I'll be replacing it soon. As Ben says "I like it!"

[@BillMcGirr]

One of my favorites as well. Unfortunately it went from $55 to over $70 a bottle here in NE over the last couple of years. I still love it. But I’m refusing to spend that kind of money on it. Too bad… I used to buy it frequently.👍🥃

[@johnpurdy6284]

Cost of good scotch has definitely gone crazy over the past few years. But what can you buy that's as good, for less? HP12 is cheaper, and good, but doesn't hit the same level. Bruichladich is good but doesn't have the same depth IMO. Old Pulteney? Cost is about the same. What do you do if you want to drink decent whisky?

[@BillMcGirr]

@@johnpurdy6284 I recently found Glenmorangie 10 on sale here for $35 a bottle. I bought 4 of them.🤣🤣🤣🤣 Usually it’s around $42-45 here. Now I’m definitely not saving it’s on par with these other scotches we’re talking about. But I hadn’t had it in a while and really enjoyed it. Best $35 bottles I’ve had recently.👍🥃

[@johnpurdy6284]

​@@BillMcGirr $35 for Glenmorangie is a good price for an enjoyable whisky. But there's something about those coastal whiskies like Bunna. I don't like the price, but I pay it.

[@BillMcGirr]

@@johnpurdy6284 Absolutely. Bunnahabhain is still one of my favorites. It’s just become a special occasion bottle instead of regular rotation. I’d be the worlds brokest drunk living on Bunnahabhain and Oban.🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🥃

[@pascal219]

I had very high expectations from this whisky due to the very good reviews. But i was a little disappointed at first. Not that it was not a good whisky, it was or is a good whisky, but i had not that whoa!! My goodness what a whisky what i was hoping for. After a few weeks later, the bottle was already open for probably 6 or 7 weeks i had another sip from the bunnahabhain 12, and whoa!! What is this my goodness what a whisky! Haha. This is the whisky i was hoping for. Just absolutly delicious. The flavour, intensity, the mouthfeel, the finish so much more than in the beginning, the complexity, the balance in this whisky, the layers of flavour, wauw. The little bitterness i experienced in the beginning was gone, i tasted cherry jam in the finish that i didn't taste before and i love cherry especially in whisky. The oak sweet oak came thru very nice. It's a strong whisky but very pleasant, and so much flavour and enjoyable to drink, and very good value this whisky for it's price. My advise is when you by this whisky, take a dram or two and taste it and then when the bottle is open after a few weeks try it again, and taste the difference. Slàinte!

[@paulikangas9813]

Uh, 0ne 0f my favourites. Got to get this back to my shelves.

[@paulikangas9813]

And Thanks to Horst, you sill got it.

[@johnpurdy6284]

A must have, for sure. Nothing quite like it.

[@_ArsNova]

I believe he the bell-shaped bottom of this bottle is for the European market, which uses 70 centiliter bottles. I have a US 75cl bottle in front of me right now and it is nearly flat-bottomed.

[@JosephC9]

Can you sing the Bunnahabhain shanty for this review? Thank you for your reviews, we love them.

[@VazzVegas]

Just had my 2nd dram ever of this today. What are the chances? Good stuff, Horst.

[@Brad-ic4bp]

It’s my favorite 12 year, aside from Bunnahabhain 12 Cask Strength.

[@mr.grumpy]

The bottle I have might be from a bad cask; On the palate I get a flat umami note with a taste like sulfur or overcooked cabbage. I have come back to the bottle many times and that unpleasant taste is always there.

[@TheRunningManZ]

I’ve ordered one bottle ever and I had to throw most of it away. It was exactly the same as you describe. It’s was almost like it tasted of rusty blood which I know sounds weird. I’ve never thrown whisky away before or since. I put it down to a bad bottle, I’ve had several of the 18 over the years and it’s about my favourite bottle.

[@mr.grumpy]

@@TheRunningManZ I think it's time to get rid of my bottle too.

[@Brad-ic4bp]

Who doesn’t love sulphur and over-cooked cabbage?

[@mr.grumpy]

😃Haha!@@Brad-ic4bp

[@GWDH19]

I had 10 bottles of this whisky, and one of them didn't nearly taste as good as the other 9. It took me a year to finish the bottle. Please get rid of it and buy a new one.

[@financenumber2953]

I bought this whisky based on the positive reviews and popularity. Unfortunately, i didn't like it. I find it very strong and dry. Added few drops of water as well but it changed the taste. Sadly this is not for me. Not saying its a bad whisky. Maybe 46% whiskies are not for me. Need to go back to 40% whiskies.

[@JR-nl3mh]

Senior Taste

[@Marcus-cc72]

This is just one of the bottles I don’t get. It’s like a watered-down seaweed soup with slight salinity, spices and orange peels - a little bit of everything but none is good enough for it to stand out. It is slightly peated, too weak for someone who likes smoke, but still detectable for someone who dislikes smoke. Compared to many highland or speyside it is not cheap at all and offers me little to savor on.

[@_ArsNova]

I prefer other scotch whiskies myself as well, but I get zero smoke/peat notes from this bottle.

[@Marcus-cc72]

@@_ArsNova I happen to have it at hand and just pulled it out for a test. My personal take is that the smoke is behind the salinity (like the kind of smoke you get from black pepper exploding in an oil pan). I do get why some spirit forward fans would like this but compare this with a Clynelish or a Ben Nevis I don’t think it’s even remotely close

[@bzzz1800]

How freakin disappointed I was when due to lack of experience I bought a bottle of this one by Gordon Mc Fail 😂 43 abv lol why. The entire discovery series by them is weird.. a bit of a rant in the morning.