Bowmore reviews

Bowmore has never really tugged at my heart strings even though I've given it enough opportunities. Though I must admit, of late, there have been some shining moments which have made me sit up and take…

I first came across Bowmore Tempest in December 2015, when batch 5 appeared in Ontario. I was overwhelmed by its flavours, aromas, and mouthfeel. When batch 6 became available in Quebec I arranged a…

I first came across Bowmore Tempest in December 2015, when batch 5 appeared in Ontario. I was overwhelmed by its flavour, aromas, and mouthfeel. Around that time it became clear the batch 6 was available…

Golden Cask is a series from House of MacDuff, a somewhat lesser known (to me) bottler. I previously tried a good Ardmore from owner John McDougal. This Bowmore may be 15 years old, the ABV is still a…

This Bowmore, named after The Prestonfield House – a prestigious hotel in Edinburgh that was once run by Signatory owner Andrew Symington – was bottled for the French La Maison du Whisky. It is in fact…

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society – aka SMWS – has quite a few Bowmore bottlings on its curriculum as can be deduced from the number of this one. This 2014 release was nicknamed ‘Galleon Attacked by Pira…

Adelphi Bowmore, 19 years old, distilled in 1996, refill sherry cask, 214 bottles from the cask at 57.2% abv.Adelphi, where do you start? One of my favorite bottlers, I've never had a bad bottle from…

I “studied” hard in preparation of my first bottle of Laimrig. This was a batch I picked up in Calgary a few years ago. I was quite put off by the 12, 15, 18 year old standard bottlings so I was extre…

Unlike the previous Devil's Cask releases, this has no age statement. It's still non-chill-filtered though, and fully matured in first-fill sherry casks, Oloroso and - for this third and final release…

I happen to have three bottles of cask strength Bowmore kicking around (though two don't belong to me, so I have to return them!), so let's tackle these all at once.This one is a Signatory bottling,…