Bowmore 12 Year Old Alchemist

Bowmore 10 Year Old Tempest

Picked this particular bottle up from the international beer shop in Perth after poking my head in for a look because of a certain member of this esteemed community who does the whisky ordering there. Bowmore Tempest Batch 3 Nose(22): First impression is flambé oranges. Underneath this and with a few minutes in the glass a refined coastal peat...

Score 91/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Bowmore 15 Darkest has certainly gone through some changes in the time (about two months) since my bottle’s been opened. Waxy, acidic, and sulfur-y at first, it’s now softened up with a nicely balanced sweet-and-smoky profile. It also has more layers than a James Joyce novel and more surprises than a talking dog. This whisky is aged for 12 years...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Laimrig batch 1

I have finally obtained a bottle of this most elusive Bowmore expression. Having heard such good things about and after searching for well over a year I'm really looking to sampling this. Soft sweet ripe red fruits dominate the nose with raisins in there and cherries - very clearly sherry. Woodsmoke then drifts over it before a treacle edge makes...

Score 92/100

Bowmore Legend

A basic Islay, but offers much as a lighter easy drinking peaty whisky. Nose: Smoked herring and peat smoke Taste: Salty, malty, peaty but light and appetising at the same time. Finih: Salt and smoke. Pleasant but short.

Score 80/100