Bowmore 1991 17 Year Old Sherry Cask Dewar Rattray

Bowmore 10 Year Old The Devil's Casks Batch 1

This new Bowmore was hype so much that it sold out in a flash. Of the 6.000 bottles, only 540 were destined for the domestic market in the UK and only 48 came to Belgium. The rest? To the States and the Far East, I fear. You can hardly fin dit and on evilBay you already fork over up to 200 EUR for a bottle that retailed at around 70 EUR....

Score 89/100

Bowmore Dawn Port Wood Finish

This whisky has been finished in a ruby port cask which would explain the attractive rose copper colour and the name. Ruby ports tend to be young, fruity and sweet, how does that work with Bowmore’s Islay spirit? The aroma is a bit one dimensional with a sweet toasty caramel like aroma, not exactly what I would expect of ruby port or Bowmore....

Score 86/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old TWA Liquid Library

The Whisky Agency, a bottler from Limburg (Germany), where the famous Whisky Fair takes place every year (which I really need to go and visit sooner rather than later), has several series on the market, like the ‘The Perfect Dram’, ‘Private Stock’ and ‘Liquid Library’. This 12 Year Old Bowmore, matured on a bourbon cask in 1998 and bottled in 2010...

Score 84/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

This has been my Christmas Staple whisky for the last few years so I know it well. Hence, it has been sat in the glass for an hour before I've even gone near it - Bowmore needs to breathe more than most. Also, I know the official tasting notes almost by heart so in the interests of impartiality and honesty, I'm trying to blank them out as I taste...

Score 83/100