Bowmore 1989 Berry Brothers & Rudd

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 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

Bowmore 12 Year Old

I bought this as part of a three pack of minis about a year ago. My brother-in-law had managed to get me a bottle of Laimrig and I wanted to try a few standard bottlings before talking a cask strength expression. I tried all three and I when I got to the Laimrig I didn't feel like they even came from the same distillery. Now, going back to the...

Score 71/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old 1999 Exclusive Range

This very pale Bowmore was bottled by David Stirk's Creative Whisky Company in their Exclusive Range series, meaning it's a single cask. The nose is a mix of tar and resin, slightly peaty and very sweet with citrus notes. It takes some effort to discover sea weed. I found the nose to be rather closed and very soft. This dram is very creamy and...

Score 78/100