Pronounced "bunna - harv'n" it is located in Port Askaig on Islay. This distillery started production in January 1883 and was closed in 1930 only to re-open in 1937. The distillery was closed for two more years in 1982. The malt produced here was almost exclusively used for blending until the late 1970's.
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Bunnahabhain is not like your typical Islay malt in that it is not peaty although in recent years they have been experimenting with peat as one of their sources for their Black Bottle blended whisky has become unavailable.
I'm hoping to visit them in October of this year and will have a tale or to to tell
