Bowmore Tempest 10 Year Old Batch 1

Bowmore 17 Year Old

When I tried this 17 year old Bowmore for the first time, it was not in the ideal circumstances. After all, I was working in the Tunisian desert as you can see in that particular Whisky Rambling on YouTube. So it was time to try this again, at home. The nose reveals sweet peat and a touch of brine at the very beginning. The fruit, which...

Score 84/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Bowmore's 15 year old in a proper first fill dark sherry cask. Shame that its only bottled at 43% ABV, i think Bowmore could have done a bit better there, but let that not detract from a thoroughly positive review Colour: Deep red copper * Nose: light maritime character, with salt and phenol, peat would be a little generous, rich, dense, chocolate...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

So I've been enjoying this very sexy whisky advent calender from Master of Malt. My wife bought it for my Christmas present after receiving the very subtle hint from me when I sent her the email advertising it. A calender made up of 24 different whiskies, from all over the world in all sorts of different styles at different ages and different...

Score 82/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Laimrig batch 1

(This Laimrig commemorated Feis Ile 2011.) First vapor: Cherry-cedar and leather. Nose: Sharp bitter dark chocolate or dark roasted coffee beans. Further breathing shows toasted walnuts, dates, and orange peel. Even more breathing brings out salty toffee as the dominant character with cherry (the other scents remain, as accents). Palate: Spash of...

Score 93/100