{"product_id":"bushmills-2011-banyuls-cask","title":"Bushmills 2011 Banyuls Cask","description":"\u003cp\u003eComing in at natural cask strength and finished in fresh French Banyuls casks, is the much-awaited next instalment of the Causeway Collection from Old \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bushmills\"\u003eBushmills\u003c\/a\u003e Distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery drop of Bushmills Single Malt starts with pure water that’s run through basalt rock - the very rock that the Giant’s Causeway is made from - and mixed with malted barley that’s only grown in Ireland. It’s then fermented 56 hours before being triple distilled in beautiful swan necked copper pot stills. The spirit’s then filled into either ex-Bourbon American oak or ex-Oloroso Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster Blender Helen Mulholland, who has the enviable job of tasting through the 400,000 casks in the warehouses and deciding where they will finish their journey, said it so eloquently:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Distillation is a science, but maturation is an art. The temperature of the warehouse, the placement of the warehouse, how kind the angels are being in the warehouse, it’s all about that, it’s all about working with nature.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBottled at its natural cask strength of 53.6% ABV, and with a three and a half year second maturation in extremely rare Banyuls casks, Bushmills 2011 Banyuls Cask blew us away the moment it was poured into a glass. For the uninitiated, Banyuls can be described as Port’s French cousin, so you can expect big robust fruity flavours of fresh raspberries and blackcurrants alongside luscious strawberry jam, juicy stewed plums and baked peaches with a warm lingering finish of spiced old oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who better to describe it for us, than the Master Blender herself:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Banyuls is a French dessert wine with big fruity flavours which really matches the Bushmills spirit. The (Bushmills) Banyuls has a lovely profile, and each time you go back to it you find something different again. It's approachable, it's rounded, it has big flavours, but in a completely rounded way that anybody can enjoy. The finish is comforting with lovely warmth and roundness. It gives you that lovely feeling of a really nice whisky that you just want share with friends. The Banyuls is something really special.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrders for Bushmills 2011 Banyuls Cask have now closed. \u003ca href=\"#\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSign Up free\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e now to grab our next exclusive releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sluelqP0KQ\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Old Bushmills Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489947570255,"sku":"WC0221","price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/bushmillsbanyuls_pdp_main.png?v=1787701215","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/bushmills-2011-banyuls-cask","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}