Bowmore 1957 38 Year Old

Bowmore 1968 37 Year Old Bourbon Wood

The 1960’s were considered as a golden era for the Bowmore Distillery. This was the same time when the distillery produced the now legendary Black, White and Gold Bowmore series. Hence getting your hands on any spirit from this period is definitely a stroke of good luck. Fortunately a friend of mine sent me a sample of the now hard to find 37 year...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 14 Year Old 2001 Malts of Scotland ‘46’

The previous Bowmore ‘46’ was a 12 Year Old from 2002, released last year. This bourbon cask was allowed two extra years of maturation and yielded 330 bottles. As the name of the series suggests, it is cut to a drinking strength of 46%. It is a very pale whisky. Typical though fresh nose with malt, grasses, some peat and something that reminds me...

Score 83/100

Bowmore Black Rock

Bowmore Black Rock was released in 2014 as travel retail exclusive expression. It was matured in both ex-sherry and ex-bourbon casks and is named after Blackrock, a large rock that is located in Loch Indaal and that can be seen from the distillery. The nose is sweet and slightly rubbery. Notes of sherry are right up front, followed by cinnamon,...

Score 79/100

Bowmore 13 Year Old 1995 Maltmen’s Selection

On 13 July 1995 five sherry butts (#1551-52-53 & 59-60) were filled with new make that, 13 years later, after a marriage, were filled into no less than 3.000 bottles of this Maltmen’s Selection in the Bowmore Craftsmen’s Collection. Each will set you back about 300 EUR. It has a very dark color. This is what I call a deep, dry sherry nose with...

Score 90/100