Bowmore 2000 11 Year Old OMC #7791 Douglas Laing

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Oh boy. There is something off key about this one... Nose: fruity peat, ash, something vomitous. Ya, sherry-barf might be an accurate descriptor. Palate: the fruit dominates. Red fruit, sherry, and sugars. The peat is nowhere to be found. Finish: initially a nice sugar and spice combination, with a vegetal undercurrent. With a little more time...

Score 69/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old Tempest

Nose burns. Strongly phenolic and a touch of old birthday cake (it's yeast, relax dude). Flavours of bush tea, nettle and a touch of gym sock. Finish is long and spicy baby. Would pair very well with blue cheese (but no one can find any) This is really a fabulous scotch among the "uncommonly peated" varieties. I'm not saying it's Port...

Score 88/100

Bowmore That Boutique-y Whisky Company batch 1

Nose: A rather bizarre nose at first.This one needs time in the glass methinks. whiffs of peat. Some botanicals: pine and salt. A little bit of dried fruit underneath sultanas and plums, not overly sweet. Palate : A tempest of smoke and ash. With quite some sherry influence here. Much more pronounced than the nose. A lot of sherry drenched...

Score 85/100

Bowmore Dusk Bordeaux Wine Cask Finish

This cask strength Bowmore got a Bordeaux wine finish, giving it a somewhat red sheen in the glass. It's only slighty peaty and reminds me somehow of bacon. The smoked meat dominates the nose and the wait for the sweet touches is too long. It took the better part of ten minutes for the fruits to come out. I only recognized apricot. Worth the...

Score 79/100