So cheers.  This bottle might not quite be worth the price of admission in my book, but it is the best Bushmills I have ever had by quite some margin.  It has been a joy to sip on during the hot late summer evenings— it has a lovely refreshing quality from the lemony acidity and slight astringency.  I could see someone who really enjoys sweeter Highlands or maybe Lowland triple distilled malts finding this to be quite excellent and probably deciding my grade was way off.