Bowmore 1971 14 Year Old Sherry Cask

Bowmore 23 Year Old 1989 Port Cask Matured

This new Limited Edition (is that not a misnomer with no less than twelve thousand bottles?) matured for 23 long years on port casks. It was distilled in the year Suntory got its first shares in this Islay distillery (the majority of shares and hence control would follow a few years later). Another gem that I brought home from a whisky festival....

Score 89/100

Bowmore 11 Year Old 2002 Malts of Scotland

The Christmas release from Malts of Scotland consists of no less than 11 new bottlings, including 5 peaty drams. I was quite looking forward to this new Bowmore, a single bourbon hogshead of a young, restless Bowmore. I salivate while pouring it. It is surprisingly malty and reminds me mostly of white bread. The peat is pretty discreet, but the...

Score 84/100

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 13 Year Old 1998 Asta Morris

While the Belgian independent botller Asta Morris just released their newest (a 9 Year Old Glenburgie, which we tasted earlier this week), let us go back to one of the very first bottlings Bert Bruyneel selected for his label. It is a 13 Year Old Bowmore from 1998. The nose is powerful and quite peaty with loads of mineral elements (damp earth,...

Score 89/100