Bushmills Causeway Collection - 2012 Pomerol, 2002 Vermouth & 2000 Port
For years and years Bushmills enthusiasts bemoaned the lack of anything cask strength escaping the vaults of 'the world's oldest distillery'. We been given glimpses of how good things potentially could be with the 1608 Anniversary release and the Acacia Distillery Exclusive , released at 46% and 47% abv respectively. But even these may have lacked non chill filtration, in the case of the 1608, and both likely contained that dreaded e150a caramel colouring. Unadulterated, full strength Bushmills then was only available from indies such as the SMWS. Of course like buses, when Bushmills decided to release something cask strength, they didn't just release one. No they opened the flood gates. There were at least 10 official releases in 2020, 12 in 2021 and for 2022 another 10. Cue much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth from Bushmills collectors, especially as many of the releases are region specific, so the prospect of ever completing the collection is extremely unlike