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Black Bull 12 Year Old
(0.75l, 50%)
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A premium blended Scotch for Rugby-players and manly-men.
Duncan Taylor & Co. was founded in 1938 as a cask broker — an agent for competing distilleries and blended Scotch companies. Soon, they started showing up at distilleries with their own casks to have them filled on site. All the while they built up one of the largest privately-held collections of rare casks. In 2001, experienced industry veteran Euan Shand purchased the company and expanded into a series of new brands and blends to complement their rare cask business with six single malts, two blended malts, three blended Scotches, two Rums, and one Gin.
The Black Bull brand goes all the way back to 1864 when George Willshire developed a custom blend to sell in his retail shop in Dundee, Scotland. He followed a simple 50/50/50 recipe — 50% fine Single Malt, 50% premium Scottish grain Whisky, and bottle at 50% ABV. As they say, “No bull, just Whisky.” This formula worked and by 1974 they were exporting a million bottles per year to the United States alone. There are now seven products in the Black Bull line, and Black Bull 12 YO is the core offering — a blend of classic Highland single alts and Lowland grains married in ex-Bourbon casks for a full twelve years of maturation.
Duncan Taylor & Co. was founded in 1938 as a cask broker — an agent for competing distilleries and blended Scotch companies. Soon, they started showing up at distilleries with their own casks to have them filled on site. All the while they built up one of the largest privately-held collections of rare casks. In 2001, experienced industry veteran Euan Shand purchased the company and expanded into a series of new brands and blends to complement their rare cask business with six single malts, two blended malts, three blended Scotches, two Rums, and one Gin.
The Black Bull brand goes all the way back to 1864 when George Willshire developed a custom blend to sell in his retail shop in Dundee, Scotland. He followed a simple 50/50/50 recipe — 50% fine Single Malt, 50% premium Scottish grain Whisky, and bottle at 50% ABV. As they say, “No bull, just Whisky.” This formula worked and by 1974 they were exporting a million bottles per year to the United States alone. There are now seven products in the Black Bull line, and Black Bull 12 YO is the core offering — a blend of classic Highland single alts and Lowland grains married in ex-Bourbon casks for a full twelve years of maturation.
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Category
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StyleBlended Whisky
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RegionScotch Whisky
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CountryScotland
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Alcohol50%
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DistilleryDuncan Taylor
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Age
Flavor Spiral™
About The Flavor Spiral
caramel
milk chocolate
lemon
vanilla
apple
milk
cherry
butter
sweet sherry
What does Black Bull 12 Year Old taste like?
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Black Bull 12 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Black Bull 12 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
Dark Amber
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Red fruits, cherry, toffee, and lemon curd
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Milk chocolate, apple, butter toffee
Finish
Silky and strong
Dark Amber
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Red fruits, cherry, toffee, and lemon curd
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Milk chocolate, apple, butter toffee
Finish
Silky and strong
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Ratings & Reviews
Jason,
Extremely well-balanced and smooth. You definitely know you’re drinking a 100-proof liquor, but you enjoy every sip. Hints of cherry in the nose are followed by vanilla, and melting caramel notes that lead to butter cascade through each sip.
Steven,
Good sweet aroma and initial taste. Finishing taste was strong smokey on the verge of burnt. Was not a big fan.
James,
A good scotch for bourbon people I think. Not exactly my taste
Matthew,
Appearance: Color is dark straw, decent legs.
Nose: Ethanol, faint malt, chocolate. Less than average, but not off-putting.
Palate: Initial wave of dark chocolate, followed by a little bit of smokey peat. Quite underwhelming.
Mouthfeel: Average.
Finish: Linger of peat and mild baking spice. Not bad.
Overall: Very bland, less than impressive blend. Peaty finish is the only saving grace.
Chris,
Smokey. Not for me
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