Bowmore 1989 10 Year Old Murray McDavid

Bowmore Tempest Aged 10 Years Small Batch Release V

This one is the fifth release of their small batch, cask strength, non-chill-filtered 10 year old, matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. I always look forward to these releases! The colour is a light gold. On the nose we have lots of honey and vanilla - the cask influence is apparent, even after only 10 years. The light peat stays in the...

Score 89/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old 2000 Golden Cask

Golden Cask is a series from House of MacDuff, a somewhat lesser known (to me) bottler. I previously tried a good Ardmore from owner John McDougal. This Bowmore may be 15 years old, the ABV is still a whopping 58,5%. So I will keep some water nearby. The nose is surprisingly soft and shows barely any fruit. What I do get is fish oil, vanilla and...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old Tempest

This is in our Islay tasting. I thought we were getting the batch 2 tempest, but a case of the batch 1 turned up instead. We had tasted the batch 1 at last years festival and loved it, so decided to keep it! I've not tried the batch 2, but have heard its lighter and less peaty. Batch 1 is for me a fantastic mix of peat and parma violets. Tony...

Score 95/100

Bowmore 18 Year Old

The reviewed sample is courtesy of @Nock. The bottle has been open for six months and is 75% full. This is a standard distillery bottling Nose: the classic Bowmore style of medium peat, somewhat to the sweet side, leather, and a little brine, comes through beautifully here Taste: the palate tilts significantly to the sweet side, but otherwise...

Score 87/100