Bowmore 26 Year Old Single Cask Master of Malt

Bowmore Adelphi 1995 16YO

Without water this has a pungent briney sea-salt nose which I find much more noticeable than the standard Bowmore profile. Then I find citrussy notes. More orange than lemon this time - generally I find lemon dominates Bowmore. After a while the peatiness is finally apparent along with honey. Orange peel on a barbecue. Without water, on the palate...

Score 85/100

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 12 Year Old

Nose: The peaty smell of a seaside clambake near a dying campfire. If you look for subtleties beyond this, you will find the light freshness of honey, hay, orange pith, and maybe--when the campfire breathes out-- french vanilla. (With time, the overall character softens to leather and orange peel.) Palate: Entrance is sour orange and a drop of...

Score 78/100

Bowmore Dawn Port Wood Finish

This is another cask strength Bowmore, this time with a finish on port pipes. It gives the dram a wonderful dark color. It takes a while for the legs to appear in the glass, but that's not really a big surprise with an ABV of 51,5%. This time around, the peat is is overpowered by sweet violence in this fantastic nose. Blackberries with a whiff of...

Score 85/100