{"id":2878,"date":"2025-12-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:21:23","slug":"bushmills-16-year-old-single-malt-irish-whiskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/bushmills-16-year-old-single-malt-irish-whiskey\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>persbericht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>door Jan Smits<\/em><br><br><strong>&#8230;40% op het etiket, maar pure dessert energy in het glas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sommige whisky\u2019s fluisteren. Deze kwam binnenlopen, schonk zichzelf in en vroeg waar de dessertkaart was. Gefotografeerd in de regen, tussen met mos bedekte rotsen, een nat glas en een kleine waterval op de achtergrond \u2013 Bushmills 16 voelt hier bijna alsof hij z\u00f3 uit de Ierse natuur is gegroeid.<br><br>Bushmills zelf ligt in het dorp Bushmills in County Antrim, vlak bij de Giant\u2019s Causeway. De licentie gaat terug tot 1608 en nog steeds draait het hier om triple distilled Irish single malt:<br>100% gemoute gerst, koperen pot stills en pakhuizen die Noord-Atlantische zeelucht inademen.<br><br>Ik verwachtte klassieke, honingzoete, fruitige Bushmills \u2013 en kreeg iets dat veel rijker en voller is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2880 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01-1024x1366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Neus<\/strong>:<br>Romige melkchocolade, honing, dadels, vijgen en rozijnen, cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e, warme karamel en zachte sherrykruiden, met rijpe appel, perzik, een vleugje tropisch fruit, vanille, geroosterde amandelen en lichte eik.<br><br><strong>Smaak<\/strong>:<br>Zijdezacht en rijk voor 40%: gedroogd fruit, sinaasappelschil, donkere druiven en kersen met karamel, toffee, cacao en noten. Zoet, maar gered door eikkruiden en een klein, nootachtig bitterje.<br><br><strong>Afdronk<\/strong>:<br>Medium tot lang, plakkerig en verwarmend met cacao, walnoten, vanille en baking spices \u2013 zo\u2019n afdronk waardoor flessen ineens sneller leeg blijken te zijn.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Voor mij is deze Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey \u00e9\u00e9n van de sterren uit de Bushmills-range: echte Irish single malt-signatuur, gelaagde sherry- \u00e9n portcaskinvloed, bergen honing, fruit, chocolade en notige tonen, en een textuur die het 40%-label compleet negeert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thedutchwhiskyassociation.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/449464369_3549834138641741_6932948904609263452_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>persbericht door Jan Smits &#8230;40% op het etiket, maar pure dessert energy in het glas. Sommige whisky\u2019s fluisteren. 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