Review: Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey
Review: Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey
As promised, St. Patty’s got started a bit early here at Drinkhacker HQ, and here’s your review of Bushmills’ Black Bush bottling of its Irish whiskey.
Black Bush is, like standard Bushmills, a blend of malt whiskey and (a bit of) Irish single grain whiskey to soften it. The real difference comes in the aging, with Black Bush picking up a darker color and a spicier, almost cinnamon kick from eight-plus years of Sherry barrel aging. The drink is smooth while also displaying some heat, with the malt giving Black Bush a heavier, Scotch-like character. Good stuff, but considerably different than just about any other Irish I’ve ever had. (I tasted it alongside Jameson’s standard-issue Irish (B, $19) and the strangely citrus Tullamore Dew (C+, $18), and Black Bush won hands down. An unfair comparison? Perhaps, but that’s life in the whiskey biz.
80 proof.
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Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey
$27
Very nice whisky, smooth, goes down very nice. I find this best straight, no ice or water, nothing. I would say certainly one of the smoothest whiskies I have had. I like this much better than Johnny Walker Black and American bourbon whiskey. One of the best out there. Unfortunately it is not available in a alot of stores in Australia.
WHAT IS THE SHORTAGE OR REASON FOR BACKORDER OF SAID WHISKEY, IS IT BECAUSE NOTRE DAME IS HAVING A GOODYEAR???????????
Black bush vs standard Jameson is not an accurate comparison.
Jameson Black Barrel should be the contemporary to judge it against.
Possibly true, but Jameson Black Barrel did not exist at the time this review was written. (It came out in 2011.)
Extra smooth whiskey