Bowmore 2000 12 Year Old Cask #1882 Adelphi

Black Bowmore 1964 29 Year Old 1st Edition

From what I can recall, the economy around the world was just recovering from a moderate recession and interest in whiskys and prices were at very low levels. I bought 5 bottles of this expression at USD $90/each in 1993. Nose: Strong sherry, grapefruit, raw cane sugar, slight smokiness Palate: Sweet sherry, Christmas cake, Faint hint of peat...

Score 90/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old 'Dumpy' ('70s-'80s)

This is the 20th Bowmore already (thus being inadvertently the third most sipped whisky with BenRiach in close third place and – of course – Auchentoshan in the lead). Anyway, I’m pouring myself a sample from an old, brown ‘dumpy’ bottle from the end of the ‘70s. It has a gold label. A veritable oldie, I’d say. Hmm, what a nose! This is a...

Score 92/100

Bowmore Tempest 10 Year Old Batch 6

I have not tried the previous batches of this whisky but have found most Bowmores I have tasted lately a bit lacking in depth (except Laimrig..how I wish I could get another bottle) When the most recent batch landed on local shelves I pulled the trigger and have not regretted this at all When first opened the smell made my eyes water or was that...

Score 89/100

Bowmore 14 Year Old 1981 Wilson & Morgan

This is a young old Bowmore. You’ll understand when I say that it matured for just 14 years, but was already distilled in 1981. I was 11. This has been in the bottle for over 20 years. I was able to score a sample from my Italian colleague Enrico, who own more of these golden auldies. It has a cosy dirty nose with lots of grasses, roots, machine...

Score 86/100