Bowmore 25 Year Old 1983 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Bowmore 10 Year Old The Devil's Casks Batch 1

If you purchased this bottle at auction today, it could cost you as much as $600. Luckily, someone at the LCBO was asleep at the wheel and I paid less than $100 for this (there's weren't many allocated and it was gone very quickly). There have been two releases of this small batch expression; here we're reviewing the first release. It is matured...

Score 86/100

Bowmore Darkest Sherry Cask Finish

The nose is smoky, salty, with caramel sweetness - very engaging. Fairly simple taste - smoke, peat and a sherry sweetness, and while that sounds nice enough the balance of the flavours is really something to experience - it's like all the flavours are perfectly weighted. It's also quite powerful - as flavourful as some cask strengths. The finish...

Score 90/100

Bowmore 10 Year Old Tempest

This is in our Islay tasting. I thought we were getting the batch 2 tempest, but a case of the batch 1 turned up instead. We had tasted the batch 1 at last years festival and loved it, so decided to keep it! I've not tried the batch 2, but have heard its lighter and less peaty. Batch 1 is for me a fantastic mix of peat and parma violets. Tony...

Score 95/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Some friends and I briefly visited Bowmore in May of this year. We didn't have time to tour the distillery, but browsed the visitor centre, where they had many rare deluxe bottlings on display. The fully stocked bar doles out free drams of Bowmore Legend and 12 Year Old - you could literally sit there and drink all day for free! It's gorgeous,...

Score 89/100