Bowmore 2000 7 Year Old Sherry Cask Murray McDavid

Bowmore 18 Year Old

This is the last of the Trio. This one had only about 10-12 cc left so I poured a very few ccs into my glencairn. The nose gave me an initial hint of something interesting but was gone before I could grasp it. Almost like a sweet pink or violet coloured rose. nothing else The palate, neat, is thin, with a sweetness to it, not unpleasant. But very...

Score 61/100

Bowmore 2001/2013 12 Year Old 'The Whisky Agency' Liquid Library

sample from a friend Nose: Delightfully on petrol and putty at first, though this turns to waxy lemon, pepper, and a touch of earthy peat. A smidge of creamy vanilla. The peat gets a really nice truffle quality. A sing;e drop of sea water, and again more touches of plastic. Crushed grapeseed and linseed oil. Just a bit of volatility and verve to...

Score 90/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

This was the first single malt I ever bought. I was in my first (low paid) job and it seemed like a small fortune at the time. I bought it during my lunch hour and had to have the bottle sat on my desk all afternoon, while I wondered what the golden liquid inside tasted like. At first I was blown away by the harshness, the seaweed and salt, like...

Score 75/100

Bowmore 2001/2012 Maltbarn

Description: matured in a ex-sherry butt for 11 solid years and bottled by the German Independent bottler Maltbarn. Nose: a straightforward deep earthy nose: we're in the garage once more with a trail of motor oil, thick black exhaust smoke and leather seats, subdued lies a layer of peat with a pinch seaweed humus. The whole is richly soaked in...

Score 85/100