Bowmore 1966 40 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Bowmore 22 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

Typical of this Raw Cask-series by Blackadder is the cask sediment you find in each bottle. Hence the name, of course. This Bowmore from 1989 was recently launched by Robin Tucek and his team. It is very pale, which makes me think it was a somewhat tired sherry cask. I get the typical maritime Bowmore notes on the nose, accompanied by a load of...

Score 87/100

Bowmore No. 1

The Bowmore No. 1 should be seen as the new entry level malt. It is friendly priced, bottled at drinking strength and easy to find. No age statement, but I guess that is no longer an issue, or is it? It matured exclusively on first fill bourbon casks. The nose is sweet and fresh on vanilla, apples, grapes, lime (including zest) and lots of sea...

Score 81/100

Bowmore 1956 (bottled 1980s)

Recently a friend of mine, his father-in-law and I had a tasting session. We actually went through 13 drams in one sitting. A long but very good night! The whiskies we went through in order were Bushmills Black Bush, Macphail's Collection Bunnahabhain 1990 (bottled in 2006), Bruichladdich 10 year old (bottled in 1979), Ardbeg Blasda, Port Ellen 25...

Score 99/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

I received this bottle over the Holidays and thought it was about time I opened it. I also thought it was time I wrote my first review on the site so here it is. Nose:Smoke and Peat. Vanilla bean ice cream while walking by the seaside. Taste: Hints of smoke along with lightly charred wood. Toffee drizzled with chocolate and honey delivered with a...

Score 85/100