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FS
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 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 5:09 pm Post subject: Bunnahabhain 18 (worth buying?) |
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I'm wondering about Bunna 18, I wanna go for it next but according to reviews the new version is a bit different than the older, it's suppose to have alcohol bite in it and something and not as rounded as the older.
It's not quite cheap, so that is why I decided to question about it. Is it worth buying?
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BigShing
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DIdn't you start a thread not six days back to ask this question, only worded differently? I've never tried the Bunna 18yr, but I have read reviews that mention that it is fruitier and more mellow than the 12yr old, but then the big question is what do people mean when they say "mellow", less harsh alcohol-wise, or simply less intense flavour-wise?
I believe the 18yr old is more sherry-influenced, so maybe that can make a difference. You mentioned Deanston 12 in your other thread as a whisky you found more pleasing, and that is Bourbon influenced, how have you gotten along with more sherried whiskies beyond the 46% ABV mark, and have you tried adding water to the Bunna 12 to lower the ABV in the glass? |
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deadz101
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Bunna 18, at least the previous bottling was very good and only £80. I’d have recommended it but not tried the current version personally. |
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The current version is fantastic. With no alcohol bite......as you call it.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Fightingirish wrote: | | The current version is fantastic. With no alcohol bite......as you call it. |
Thanks for the reply!
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And fightingirish, am I correct in assuming you feel the same way about Bunna 12 (as in, no problematic bite) considering your comments in the previous thread?
FS the answer you need is a direct comparison between the 12 and 18yr old on the grounds of alcoholic bite, but for some reason you've completely ignored my earlier comment about adding water to the 12yr old. If you can do that and make the 12yr palatable for you, then it doesn't matter how bitey you find the 18yr old, you'll know how to fix it. |
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Fightingirish
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| BigShing wrote: | And fightingirish, am I correct in assuming you feel the same way about Bunna 12 (as in, no problematic bite) considering your comments in the previous thread?
FS the answer you need is a direct comparison between the 12 and 18yr old on the grounds of alcoholic bite, but for some reason you've completely ignored my earlier comment about adding water to the 12yr old. If you can do that and make the 12yr palatable for you, then it doesn't matter how bitey you find the 18yr old, you'll know how to fix it. |
Absolutely, neither one has any Alcohol bite. The 18 is just a more rounded version of the 12. Deeper flavour profile, and a touch more complexity
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| BigShing wrote: | And fightingirish, am I correct in assuming you feel the same way about Bunna 12 (as in, no problematic bite) considering your comments in the previous thread?
FS the answer you need is a direct comparison between the 12 and 18yr old on the grounds of alcoholic bite, but for some reason you've completely ignored my earlier comment about adding water to the 12yr old. If you can do that and make the 12yr palatable for you, then it doesn't matter how bitey you find the 18yr old, you'll know how to fix it. |
I like to drink my whisky neat  but that is not my point, have you tried Talisker DE or 18 for example? You don't feel the burn, it's way smoother.. though it's 45.8%. ABV. Talisker has more in their liquid than Bunna though, the peat might cover up the alc bite. Anyways, the bottle I got of Bunna 12 bit me pretty hard.
| Fightingirish wrote: | | BigShing wrote: | And fightingirish, am I correct in assuming you feel the same way about Bunna 12 (as in, no problematic bite) considering your comments in the previous thread?
FS the answer you need is a direct comparison between the 12 and 18yr old on the grounds of alcoholic bite, but for some reason you've completely ignored my earlier comment about adding water to the 12yr old. If you can do that and make the 12yr palatable for you, then it doesn't matter how bitey you find the 18yr old, you'll know how to fix it. |
Absolutely, neither one has any Alcohol bite. The 18 is just a more rounded version of the 12. Deeper flavour profile, and a touch more complexity |
Well, here is ralfy reviewing the 18, he took 2 marks off his rating for 'hot spirit' @
11.40min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWAqoc3QLvE&t=817s
And here is Horst saying that he found alcoholic note @ 8.55min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiZD6nFo5KQ&t=541s
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Ok bud, this will be the last comment I make in this thread.
You have a VERY long way to go in your Scotch Whisky adventure.
Ralfy rated the Bunna 12 a 90......a 90 bud. That’s high praise from him.
Once you are able to expand your pallet as you try more and more whiskies, you’ll be much better prepared to understand what people like Horst and Ralfy are taking about.
While I always take anything Ralfy says with a grain of salt, he’s often more right then wrong.
All the best to you on your adventure.
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| Fightingirish wrote: | | Absolutely, neither one has any Alcohol bite. The 18 is just a more rounded version of the 12. Deeper flavour profile, and a touch more complexity |
Thanks, would love to try it, but it's out of my price range at £110-£120 a bottle. I can only hope to stumble across it at a whisky festival at some point in the non COVID future! 
| FS wrote: | | I like to drink my whisky neat |
So you'd rather worry about whether the whisky you're buying is going to be too strong for you when it's above 45% ABV and keep having to seek out members online who have tried the whiskies... than simply add water to take the sting off? I'm not talking about drenching the whisky in water here, I'm talking about adding it gradually, drop by drop if you want to be really careful, until you hit the sweet spot of simply removing the alcohol burn without diluting flavour. it shouldn't take much water at all. But hey, if you have experimented with adding water to reduce the burn on whiskies before and found it didn't work for you, then fair enough!
| Quote: | | but that is not my point, have you tried Talisker DE or 18 for example? You don't feel the burn, it's way smoother.. though it's 45.8%. |
I haven't tried those expressions but this goes back to my point in the first thread you made: Everyone's experience with whisky is subjective. I personally don't feel much "bite" from Bunna 12yr for instance, doesn't mean the next guy won't feel like he's gargling ethanol, or that the next won't tell you that he's had Bunna 18yr and found it had more bite than the 12yr, or that the next guy won't tell you that he found Talisker 18yr to be much too bitey compared to Talisker Skye, etc.
| Quote: | | ABV. Talisker has more in their liquid than Bunna though, the peat might cover up the alc bite. Anyways, the bottle I got of Bunna 12 bit me pretty hard. |
Peat definitely helps mask the burn for me. Ardbeg 10yr doesn't really feel a fraction above 40% to me. |
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