Bowmore reviews

Bowmore Legend – a budget Islay single malts on the market for less than US$30.00, no age statement, nice pale amber color (I wonder how it would be without the caramel. Nose: curiously, there is no…

Sherry butt. This is what a sherry monster is all about. Maybe the slightest hint of iodine coming through. Flavours echo sherry again, with a slightly touch of burnt wood and seaside. Long finish sho…

As I am quite new to the world of whisky and this is my first review I am grateful for any comments received.I am reviewing the second batch of Bowmore's Laimrig, which is gaelic for pier, bottle #…

Originally produced for the Travel Retail market (duty free shops) this is a cask strength NCF Bowmore NAS, and comes in a 1 Litre bottle. I’m not a Huge Bowmore fan but I do think they are really trying…

After tasting decent Bowmore Legend I had high expectations about it's elder 18yo brother. But my experience never met my expectations. I usually like the whisky I taste, more or less. But this time I…

This is my first Bowmore. I went to the liquor shop several times with intension to buy Bowmore 12 but always ended up in buying something different. This time I was advised to try Legend instead of 12yo…

Bowmore's Tempest range is an annual small batch release of 10 year old malt and is non-chill filtered. This particular bottle is Batch No. 3. The packaging says it is like "straight out of a first fill…

As I mentioned in a previous review, I must often purchase my whisky blind and, therefore, I conduct quite a lot of research on a malt before committing. I was looking for an Islay or Island style single…

The toffee nose is quite nice but then you get something from the sea, iodique, salted... Then the mouth is smokey and turns to pepper, the finish is definitively pepper. I wasn't expected such pepper…

Yesterday it was the Legend...ary Bowmore... Now let's try out the big brother. I was awaiting the pepper taste of the Legend and surprise... It's there but smoother, much more light a spice mix than…