Bushmills 29 Year Old Pedro Ximenez Cask Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Bushmills year has an illustrious and deeply historical past. The governor of Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Sir Thomas Phillips, was given permission by King James I of England in 1608 to distill alcohol on his land. Historical reports indicate that a significant amount of whiskey was made at Old Bushmills Irish whiskeys even in the early years, prior to the company’s official establishment (Hugh Anderson registered the first-ever trademark for the pot still there in 1784).

And despite a number of setbacks, such as a catastrophic fire in 1885 and World War II, which prevented the Old Bushmills Distillery from continuing operations, the distillery persevered. In the world of Irish whiskey, Bushmills is still a legendary brand, and visitors love to visit its scenic grounds.

At the close of World War II, Isaac Wolfson bought the distillery. The Irish whiskey is tripledistilled market eventually shriveled up to a trickle. Before Irish Distillers acquired it in 1972, Bushmills was one of just two distilleries in all of Ireland. Irish Distillers now have total control over the country’s whiskey output as a result. Irish Distillers was acquired by French beverage company Pernod Ricard in June 1988. Diageo then purchased the distillery in June 2005. Jose Cuervo currently owns Bushmills, which commemorated its 400th anniversary in 2008.

This 29-year-old Irish single malt is incredibly well-matured. In 1992, the whiskey underwent three distillations. After that, it was allowed to age in carefully chosen bourbon barrels for over ten years. In 2004 it was recapped and matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry barrels. It was then bottled unchill-filtered at 106 proof in the cask. Given that the spirit was matured for almost half of its life in sherry casks, the resulting whiskey is fruity, rich, and sweet, with flavors of orange zest, dried fruit, praline, vanilla, toffee, and clove.

Master Distiller Colum Egan asserts that the world’s oldest permitted whiskey is excellent due of its age rather than the other way around. Situated in the village of Bushmills on the north coast of Ireland, Bushmills was granted a royal license to distill in 1608. The water comes from the River Bush that runs through the village and is deeply ingrained in the lives of the people who labor side by side in this fabled distillery.

With new products, Bushmills continues to amaze its devoted followers more than 400 years later. Because of its unwavering dedication to quality, the distillery survived everything from a devastating fire to Prohibition and crippling grain taxes. In fact, even when a tax on barley permanently altered the nature of other Irish whiskeys, this illustrious distillery continued to make single malt whiskey the old-fashioned way, never using barley in place of corn or other inferior grains. The distillery is proud to have won the sole Gold Medal for whiskey ever given out at the Paris 1889 Expo, among its many other honors.

Rich notes of clove and toffee greet the nose. Layers of dried fruit, citrus zest, praline, and distinctive vanilla aromas accentuate the palate. Through the protracted finish, pastry aromas persist along with further dried fruit and a creamy richness.

Despite the widespread misconception that whisk(e)y was invented by the Scots, Irish whiskey was referenced over a century before its Scottish counterpart.

Irish whiskey was created by the perfume making monks who changed a few ingredients in their recipe.

As long as Irish whiskey is aged for a minimum of three years in wooden casks and has a maximum ABV of 94.8%, it can be created using a variety of grains and procedures and is not subject to many restrictions in order to be deemed “pure.”

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