Bowmore 1984 Cask #M426 Montgomerie's

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 12 Year Old 2000 The Ultimate Cask Strength

The Ultimate is a series of single cask bottlings from the Dutch company Van Wees. This Bowmore was distilled on 31st May 2000 and bottled on 28th March 2013, making it a few weeks shy of 13 years old. It was bottled at cask strength. The nose of this Bowmore is somewhat marred, although that may be too strong a word, by some burnt caramel. In...

Score 86/100

Bowmore Cask Strength

Again a succesful story at my local liquor store. One whole liter of Cask Strength Bowmore for a very good price. Bought it spontaneously without knowing anything about it. Nose: Without water it's a bit alcoholic, but not unapproachable. Pipe tobacco smoke, dirty peat, beach foam, yeast, candlewax, fertilizer, resin and raisins, elegant musky...

Score 90/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

As I mentioned in a previous review, I must often purchase my whisky blind and, therefore, I conduct quite a lot of research on a malt before committing. I was looking for an Islay or Island style single malt that would be a good bang-for-buck dram. All roads led to Bowmore. It is ubiquitous, inexpensive and, in nearly all cases, reasonable...

Score 68/100