Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old Whisky 70cl

So the initial taste is full of flavour. Currants, biscuit and a little toffee. Then there's a nasty alcoholic burn that destroys it all. For an 18 year old I would expect it to be smooth and long lasting in the mouth.
Whether it's a bad batch, or not I do not know but it's quite some destroying given the 12 is such an all-round winner. What has happened??!!!

It is everything the 12 is, though it adds a bit of smoothness and a pleasant floral note. But, in Australia, you can buy 3 bottles of 12 for one 18. So, is it really worth it?

It has a richness and complexity I've only experienced with tropically aged rum before.
Sweet, but not overly so, caramel too.
Probably the best whisky I've drank, but way overpriced for me, sadly.

A very good sherried 18 year old with a lot of complexity. My bottle had unfortunately some minor issues with sulphur. A step up from its younger siblings but considering the price, the 12yo is a better buy.

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Side by side blind with Arran 18/Tamdu 15/Glenallachie 12 PX/ Glengoyne 21/Glenturret 12
This is by far the best I love, The Glengoyne is the new bottle, may need let sit longer in the bottle. Bunna is the clear winner vs the rest
Clean sherry on the nose , tones of raisin, dry fruit, chocolate. Lingering for very long

Great experience. Wonderful

Not as good as I was hoping. I LOVE the 12 and thought the 18 would be a step up. It’s good don’t get me wrong, but it’s not great, and certainly not from the price @£110. I much prefer glendronach 18 or even the 15 and there both better value too.

I bought a bottle after hours of investigation of Bunna 18, I tried the 12 earlier this year and wanted to go for the 18, because it's widely said to be one of the best 18 out there. The 12 was ok, but the main thing about 12 is the alcohol note, it's a bit high.

The 18 is smoother, with more sherry influence.. it says on the back label that it's matured exclusivly in sherry casks, but David Brodie said it's 60% bourbon vs 40% sherry on a distilliation tour @ whisky.com?

Anyways, the alcohol note isn't as high as in the 12, the 18 is much better.. that's no secret because it's matured for 6 more years. It's smoother, with more sherry and I am 98,6% sure that bourbon casks was used in the maturation, though the back label spell it differently. I enjoyed it, whiskybase rates it 88% avg, ralfy rates it both 90 and 87 points in his reviews - Scotch 4 Dummies gave it 3.5+.

I'm going to give this 4 out of 5, the alcohol note is a little offputting for a 18 year old whisky.. it's not that high but it's prominent, maybe it needed more in the palate to become 'one of the best 18's' as it's said, more smoke perhaps?

I am comparing this to Talisker 18 which I had earlier this year, which is a very gentle one. It was voted the best whisky of the year back in 2007 by the World Whiskies Awards... If Talisker 18 had more sherry in it, it would probably be one of the best whiskies of all time, truly unique.

Bunna 18 is very good but I was expecting more on the palate. If I could rule I would put more smoke in it. It is slightly peated though, as it's said only 1-4 ppm. Which is a low number for smoke.

Anyways, cheers from Iceland!

A classy dram. I'd been highly fond of the affordable nature of Glen Scotia Victoriana of late and they have a lot in common in their sherried sweetness and their gentler approaches to more commonly robustly dealt out Isla style angles. This one is of course twice the price and its elegant approach to meeting very similar aims comes through, not to denigrate the Victoriana which I still merrily churn through, however this Bunnahabhain is just nice little find which I feel could appeal to both keen novices and more seasoned palates and be loved by both.
In short, a swirling dance with the more fulsome side of whisky but without being beaten round the gullet with it.

I love peaty scotches, but coming back to this after a few months on the peat blew me away. Amazing depth of flavour that you can chew on while drifting off to sleep.