Bowmore reviews

So far, every release of Tempest was good (ok, I have not tasted all of them). The first release has even become something of a collector’s item (yep, I have it in my collection too). Batch 6 will be…

Now that the sun sets a bit earlier and the temperatures start to drop, I felt the time right to taste some peated whisky. Let me open the debates with this Bowmore from Wemyss, nicknamed Peat Smoked…

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…

I got a bottle of Bowmore 17 years White Sands a couple of weeks ago that was opened tonight. I really had huge expectations since I usually like/love whiskys from Bowmore. This one was, unfortunately…

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…

THis is the 5th version of the 10yr tempest range. First fill bourbon casks, NCF bottled at cask strength.Colour, amber.Nose: Boom! It's a Bowmore! Smoke, Salt, Iodine, Vanilla and ripe melons.Palate:…

I bought this as part of a three pack of minis about a year ago. My brother-in-law had managed to get me a bottle of Laimrig and I wanted to try a few standard bottlings before talking a cask strength…

This is the second of three Bowmore miniatures in my set. What I found most interesting when I compared this to the Laimrig (they ARE the same age) was that they were so completely different.Nose: Syrup…

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…

This is a review of bottle 17734 of 18000. It has been open for a month and is 85% full. I am reviewing this bottle now because in the first month it was all over the place. I make a rule for myself by…