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Bowmore 12 Year Old 2000 The Ultimate Cask Strength

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@markjedi1Review by @markjedi1

14th Nov 2013

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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 the otherwise typical nose I also find peat, seaweeds, a hint of salmiak and even a drop of olive oil. The caramel makes it very sweet, though. It recovers after a few minutes, I must say. It even evolves nicely towards praline and chocolate. So far, no man overboard.

It is very creamy on the palate. The attack is very powerful. What did you expect with an ABV that high? But while it is sweeter than you would expect from Bowmore, it is very good. The chocolate returns. Sweetened coffee emerges, nicely countering the salty Bowmore on the palate. I am starting to enjoy this, actually.

The long, spicy finish is a nice balancing act between sweet and salt. Salt wins in the end.

The first impression was a bit premature, for it opened up beautifully towards a rather atypical and sweet Bowmore that really hits all the right buttons. Water is not necessary.

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