Bowmore 15 Year Old Feis Ile 2011

Bowmore 12 Year Old 2000 The Whisky Mercenary

I have met Jürgen Vromans a couple of time, always a helping hand at whisky festivals. Perhaps that is where he discovered his love for independent bottlers? So he started doing it himself. He just released his fourth whisky (which I will try later this week) so I thought I would give them all a go. They are bottled under the Whisky Mercenary...

Score 86/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

Bowmore 12 YO malt is, for many, the youngest acceptable Bowmore. The younger Bowmores show for many too much roughness in general and a leather note for which many do not care The reviewed bottle has been open for 3 years, is 90% full, and has been preserved with inert gas for the last 15 months Nose: medium slightly sweet peat, a hint of...

Score 84/100

Bowmore That Boutique-y Whisky Company batch 1

Nose: A rather bizarre nose at first.This one needs time in the glass methinks. whiffs of peat. Some botanicals: pine and salt. A little bit of dried fruit underneath sultanas and plums, not overly sweet. Palate : A tempest of smoke and ash. With quite some sherry influence here. Much more pronounced than the nose. A lot of sherry drenched...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Mariner

(Caramel colouring added) Nose: Sweet wood and fruit. Prunes caramalised in brown sugar. Muscat. Polished cedar. Green apple skin. Body: Smooth Taste: Savoury. Herbal bitterness with a bit of salt. Lavender extract. Vanilla cookies. Floral smoke. Bit rough on the throat. Finish: Medium long and dry. Oak. Slight smoke. Similar green apple as was in...

Score 80/100