Bowmore 22 Year Old 1987 The John Milroy Selection Berry Brothers and Rudd

Bowmore 12 Year Old

As I mentioned in a previous review, I must often purchase my whisky blind and, therefore, I conduct quite a lot of research on a malt before committing. I was looking for an Islay or Island style single malt that would be a good bang-for-buck dram. All roads led to Bowmore. It is ubiquitous, inexpensive and, in nearly all cases, reasonable...

Score 68/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Bowmore 15 Darkest is so far the most difficult bottle that I have reviewed. It is aged in American bourbon casks, and then in oloroso sherry casks, and is an offering from a minority group of assertive whiskies, in which both a smoke and a sherry component each holds its own … the word “hint” does not apply here. HP 12 is in the fringes of this...

Score 83/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old 1992 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered

This Bowmore has been in the bottle for almost twice as long as it has spent in wood. Distilled in 1992 and bottled after ten years of maturation in 2003 by Signatory – at drinking strength. That’s almost twenty years ago. I thank my brother in drams Manny for the sample. On the nose, it is a textbook example of bourbon-aged Bowmore. Lemon,...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 16 Year Old 2000 Signatory for The Nectar

The Nectar, Belgian importer of loads of spirits and organizer of the wonderful Spirits in the Sky festival, went all out for their 10th anniversary. Loads of special bottlings have been releases, too many to list them. But this is one of those, from Signatory. A lovely Bowmore from 2000, at cask strength. The nose is clean and very fruity. All...

Score 87/100