Bowmore 22 Year Old

Bowmore 13 Year Old 1998 Asta Morris

While the Belgian independent botller Asta Morris just released their newest (a 9 Year Old Glenburgie, which we tasted earlier this week), let us go back to one of the very first bottlings Bert Bruyneel selected for his label. It is a 13 Year Old Bowmore from 1998. The nose is powerful and quite peaty with loads of mineral elements (damp earth,...

Score 89/100

Bowmore 18 Year Old

A few years ago, having loved Bowmore 12 and 15 Darkest, this was top of my wishlist for quite a few months. I think I first tried it at Christmas about 5 years ago and instantly loved it. I've not tried it for a while, (in fact I think my last sample of it was actually in Bowmore Hotel in summer 2011). Also noticed it doesn't have exactly...

Score 86/100

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Bowmore 1982

After reading the outline of how this one works - with the high-wood contact small cask conditioning - I was expecting a bit of a sherried belter, however it turned out to be quite a delicious and structured dram that was all about the pleasure and not in this slightest about punishment. My initial sniff had to be toned down considerably, with the...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old 2001 Signatory UCF

I found this young Bowmore at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Brussel early November. It is bottled by Andrew Symington in the Un-Chillfiltered Collection from Signatory and is just a month shy of being 13 years old, distilled on 25 September 2001 and bottled on 25 August 2014. Hello? This is a very sweet and fruity Bowmore with hardly any...

Score 84/100