Bowmore 1983 25 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Bowmore 12 Year Old 2001 Blackadder Raw Cask for The Nectar

The Belgian importer The Nectar, who bottles quite a few casks themselves, brought us this Bowmore 2001 two years ago. It is from the stables of Robin Tucek and his team. Raw Cask means that it was not chillfiltered nor colored and some cask residue is still in the bottle. It is very pale and bottled at a sturdy strength. I do not get the typical...

Score 84/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old Enigma

Bowmore is the captial of Islay, but it's not at all a big place. The distillery, however, is not only the largest on the island, but also the oldest, founded in 1779. The spirit is used for the blends King Pride, Clan Roy, Black Bottle and Islay Legend. But there are of course quite a few bottlings as single malts. This expression, the 12 Year...

Score 81/100

Bowmore 11 Year Old 2001 Malts of Scotland

Every smart bottler will include an Islay whisky in any release. Malts of Scotland included two. An 11 Year Old Bowmore and a 13 Year Old Laphroaig. I will try the Laffie later. This is already the 12th Bowmore bottling for Malts of Scotland. It is very pale and sticks to the glass. On the mild nose, the typical citrus is easily overpowered by...

Score 88/100

Bowmore 22 Year Old 1989 Malts of Scotland

Yet another Bowmore. But then, can you ever have enough? Bow more, I say. This is a 22 Year Old, recently bottled by Malts of Scotland. The nose transports you to the rocky coast of Islay with its typical seaweed and soft, sweet peat. It smells rather fatty. Farmer’s butter. Citrus, banana and toffee make it nicely sweet. After a while, I even get...

Score 88/100