Bowmore 9 Year Old 1999 Provenance Douglas Laing

Bowmore 1993 17yo: Thosop 2010, bourbon cask 477, 198 btl

Casks of Bowmore distilled in 1993 are, deservedly, held in high regard. The distillery had been recently purchased by Suntory at the time and the new owners took the opportunity to have a serious look at the distillery and the distillate itself. Reportedly the fermentation times were at least doubled in length (currently 48 hour) and the still...

Score 90/100

Bowmore Darkest Sherry Cask Finish

Firstly I should probably make it abundantly clear that these notes relate to the Bowmore Darkest from the "old" series, which had no age statement on the bottle and was - as the name suggests - quite a dark coloured whisky. The first thing you notice is of course the colour - a sort of attention-grabbing deep auburn. If this was the...

Score 80/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Bowmore seems to be the overlooked middle child of Islay. A lot of people hate them, seemingly for no reason. I get that most of their core expressions are bottled at a low abv. While that’s disappointing I enjoy most of their offerings nonetheless. There’s a time and place for everything. I should note that my bottle did not say “Darkest” on it,...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner

Nice, complex peatiness to this one. Picked it up in a Duty Free. Potent on the palate but smooths out quickly. One of my favorites from the Islay region.

Score 91/100