{"product_id":"nss-obscurities-curiosities-bunnahabhain-18-year-oloroso-sherry-butt","title":"NSS - Obscurities \u0026 Curiosities - Bunnahabhain 18 Year - Oloroso Sherry Butt","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .twl-desc { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 16px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-desc h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-subhead { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 750; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-align: center; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-preorder { margin: 16px 0 0 0; background: #080910; color: #f5f2ec; border-radius: 14px; padding: 12px 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-preorder strong { color: #b87333; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; }\n  .twl-pills { margin-top: 14px; text-align: center; }\n  .twl-pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; 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color: #1a1a18; }\n  .twl-spec td:last-child { color: #374151; }\n  .twl-commitments { margin-top: 18px; border: 1px solid #ddd8d0; border-radius: 14px; padding: 18px 22px; background: #f5f2ec; }\n  .twl-commitments h3 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #9a5f28; }\n  .twl-commitments ul { margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; color: #111; }\n  .twl-commitments li { margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 14px; }\n  .twl-commitments strong { color: #1a1a18; }\n  @media (max-width: 749px) { .twl-desc h1 { font-size: 24px; } .twl-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .twl-row { grid-template-columns: 90px 1fr; } }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-desc\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eObscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities, Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old, Oloroso Sherry Butt\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-subhead\"\u003eNorth Star Spirits · Islay Release · Distilled 2008, Bottled 2026 · Eighteen Years in a Fresh Oloroso Sherry Butt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-preorder\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Order\u003c\/strong\u003e · October Import, lands in Virginia November 4, 2026. Orders ship the week it arrives.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-pills\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e Islay\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e Bunnahabhain\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e 18 Years\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV\u003c\/strong\u003e 59.6%\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCask\u003c\/strong\u003e Fresh Oloroso Sherry Butt\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistilled\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottled\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"twl-pill\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeat\u003c\/strong\u003e Unpeated\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-lead\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBunnahabhain\u003c\/strong\u003e, distilled in \u003cstrong\u003e2008\u003c\/strong\u003e and matured for eighteen years in a \u003cstrong\u003efresh Oloroso sherry butt\u003c\/strong\u003e, bottled by North Star Spirits in 2026 at \u003cstrong\u003e59.6% cask strength\u003c\/strong\u003e for their Obscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities range: a series built on good age statements, full sherry maturation and distilleries from every region. This is the Islay release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBunnahabhain is the Islay distillery that mostly does not smoke. Its unpeated spirit is nutty, malty and coastal, and it has always loved sherry wood. Eighteen years in a first fill Oloroso butt is the full-volume version of that relationship: figs, roasted chestnuts, salted fudge and sea air, with the muscle to match the strongman on the label. When Iain Croucher offered this one, Jay's reply was absolutely to the Bunna, maybe I take a bunch. He did. 120 bottles for the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-brand\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Obscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn North Star's own words: \u003cstrong\u003esometimes we are lucky enough to find whiskies that are astonishing oddities and bizarrely exceptional.\u003c\/strong\u003e The deliciously obscure whisky in this bottle has certainly piqued our curiosity. Please take a seat and enjoy the show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities is the sideshow range from \u003cstrong\u003eNorth Star Spirits\u003c\/strong\u003e, Iain Croucher's Dumbarton bottler, now ten years old. Vintage circus posters on the labels, serious casks inside: every release carries a real age statement and full sherry maturation. The Miltonduff 13 Octave was the first O\u0026amp;C to reach America; this is the second wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDistillery profile, Bunnahabhain\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFounded in \u003cstrong\u003e1881\u003c\/strong\u003e on the north-east coast of Islay, at the end of a single-track road, facing the Sound of Islay and Jura.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOwned by \u003cstrong\u003eDistell (now Heineken)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Unusually for Islay, the core spirit is \u003cstrong\u003eunpeated\u003c\/strong\u003e; the peated Moine runs are the exception.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse style is \u003cstrong\u003enutty, malty and maritime\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a gentle coastal salt that comes from warehouses right on the shore.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSherry-matured Bunnahabhain at real age is one of the most collected styles on the island, and most of it never leaves the UK.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-card twl-card--dark\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCask profile, fresh Oloroso butt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003efresh Oloroso sherry butt\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 500 litre cask straight from the bodega, seasoned with dry Oloroso and filled with whisky for the first time. It gives everything it has: dried fruit, walnut, dark chocolate, leather, and the deep colour to match.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEighteen years of that on an unpeated coastal spirit builds a whisky with real weight: date pudding, fudge and pecan over Bunnahabhain's salt and malt. At \u003cstrong\u003e59.6%\u003c\/strong\u003e after eighteen years it has lost very little strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlasgow's Good Spirits Co. put it simply: \u003cstrong\u003ethis is braw\u003c\/strong\u003e. Chocolate, mocha coffee, fruit cake heavy on the glace cherries, and really good aged balsamic. Distilled 2008, bottled 2026. Outturn to follow when the bottles land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-tasting\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-tasting-head\"\u003eTasting notes (from North Star Spirits)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-label\"\u003eNose\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-val\"\u003eA creaking circus wagon after midnight: sherry-soaked figs, roasted chestnuts and toasted coconut, with a faint sea breeze creeping beneath the canvas. Crushed coriander seed adds an unexpected twist, something curious is stirring in the corners.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-label\"\u003ePalate\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-val\"\u003eThe strongman has a sweet tooth. Date pudding, salted butter fudge and pecan pie arrive with a wonderfully mouth-coating weight, before a tang of tamarind cuts neatly through the richness. Considerable muscle, but surprisingly gentle hands.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-label\"\u003eFinish\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-val\"\u003eBrooding and deliciously persistent. Malted biscuit and black tea draw out a satisfyingly savoury conclusion, with a clean mineral edge beneath the last of the sweetness. Somewhere backstage, a chain snaps.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSpecification\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNorth Star Spirits, Obscurities \u0026amp; Curiosities\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle malt Scotch whisky, single cask, unpeated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRegion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIslay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBunnahabhain\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 years\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eABV\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e59.6% (cask strength)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e700ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCask\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFresh Oloroso sherry butt, full maturation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDistilled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBottled\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural colour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNon-chill filtered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUSA allocation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 bottles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePre-order, October Import, arrives November 4, 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"twl-commitments\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Whiskey Lab's Quality Commitments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle Cask \u0026amp; Small Batch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ensuring a unique profile for each release.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural Colour \u0026amp; Non-Chill Filtered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Preserving the authentic character and purity of the whisky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest Storytelling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every cask profile written by people who actually handled the liquid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Whiskey Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54565845467454,"sku":"TWL-NSS-BUNN18-100117","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/2221\/2926\/files\/nss-obscurities-curiosities-bunnahabhain-18-oloroso-butt.jpg?v=1792418340","url":"https:\/\/www.thewhiskeylab.com\/products\/nss-obscurities-curiosities-bunnahabhain-18-year-oloroso-sherry-butt","provider":"The Whiskey Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}