Bowmore Feis Ile 2008

Bowmore 18 Year Old / Vintner's Trilogy Part 1

The Bowmore Vinter’s Trilogy is – as the name suggest – a trilogy of Bowmore with a link to wine. The three releases are the Bowmore 18 Manzanilla cask (sitting in front of me right now), the Bowmore 26 French Oak Barrique (wine cask) and the Bowmore 27 Port Cask. This 18 years old spent its first 13 years in former bourbon barrels and then was...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old 'Dumpy' ('70s-'80s)

This is the 20th Bowmore already (thus being inadvertently the third most sipped whisky with BenRiach in close third place and – of course – Auchentoshan in the lead). Anyway, I’m pouring myself a sample from an old, brown ‘dumpy’ bottle from the end of the ‘70s. It has a gold label. A veritable oldie, I’d say. Hmm, what a nose! This is a...

Score 92/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old Tempest

The Bowmore Tempest is slowly but surely becoming something of a legendary bottling, the first batch in particular. I tasted it at a whiskydinner two years ago, as well at batch 04 at a recent festival. But it would seem that I had not yet published any notes on the first batch, that was quite affordable at the time, around 45 EUR in 2009. The...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 17 Year Old

This islay whisky has it all. It has a strong body but not to strong. It has a nice smoky flavour with hints of seasalt and lemon. My bottle is almost empty...

Score 95/100