Bushmills Offers Pair Of Cask-Finished Whiskies
Cuervo-owned, Northern Ireland-based Bushmills has released a pair of blended Irish whiskies for their Original Cask Finished series – Caribbean Rum Cask Finish and American Oak Cask Finish.
The Bushmills Caribbean Rum Cask Finish was finished in Caribbean rum casks, then blended with Bushmills’ single grain whiskey, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of brown sugar, pineapple and toffee.
The Bushmills American Oak Cask Finish was finished in double-charred American oak barrels, blended with that same Bushmills single grain whiskey, bottled at 40% alcohol by volume [80 proof] and is said to contain notes of fresh wood and vanilla.
Both Bushmills Caribbean Rum Cask Finish and American Oak Cask Finish Irish whiskies are being made available for $35 per 700ml bottle.