Bowmore 1983 12 Year Old Cadenhead's

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 21 Year Old 1989 Douglas of Drumlanrig

I had tried this 21 year old Bowmore at a tasting in August, but was given a sample for re-evaluation at home, despite my praise at the time. Who am I to refuse a free sample? It was matured on a refill sherry butt, but the light color could have fooled me. Inactive cask? The nose is typical Bowmore with loads of citrus, sweet tar, liquorice and...

Score 86/100

Bowmore Cask Strength

I bought a case of this expression almost a year and a half ago at my Malt Society's annual Christmas bash. It was very warmly received thanks to the cold weather and high ABV. Now I didn't think much of it back then; probably because I was too busy doing other stuff to really take notice. So tonight when I spotted a half-empty bottle at the back...

Score 90/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Laimrig batch 3

Peat and sherry, the salt and tabasco of whisky. As powerful flavour agents they often determine the direction of our single malts. Ranging from enhancer to the dominant force of our single malts, we all certainly love one of their phenotypes. But designing a dram that encompasses both to the fullest of their merit can be quite tricky. You'll need...

Score 88/100