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“A fragrant and floral aroma greeted us; citrus oil, rose water, cherry blossom, dogwood blooms and sweet tangerines – like ‘having a spring in your…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 51.17 is a single cask of Bushmills, in Northern Ireland, 19 years old, bottled at 54.6%. Every Society bottle numbered 51.x is from Bushmills.
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In County Antrim, near the Giant's Causeway, Bushmills takes its water from Saint Columb's Rill, a tributary of the River Bush. The distilling company dates from 1784, though the label carries 1608, the year James I licensed whiskey-making in the district. In 1890 it sent its own steamship, SS Bushmills, to deliver whiskey across the Atlantic. Triple distillation gives a light, fruity, honeyed malt. Proximo's.