Bushmills 2008 16 and 21-year-old

Bushmills 2008, 16- and 21-year-old

It has been a while since we last featured Bushmills here, so let’s briefly discuss the distillery’s extensive history – it is, after all, the oldest licensed distillery in the world. After that, we can review a distillery exclusive and two expressions from the core range: the Bushmills 2008, 16- and 21-year-old.

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Triple distillation and a triplet of Bushmills

Triple distillation and a triplet of Bushmills

A few days ago, the #MiniTasting gang had a minitasting of 3 Bushmills, and since I had two out of three, I decided to crash the party. Bushmills is an Irish distillery that does triple distillation to create its whiskey with an e. They’re not the only one to triple distil, but what does triple distillation mean, and what’s the difference with the classic double distillation that is used by most distilleries? Then we’ll review three Bushmills from the lower end of their range.

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