Tasting note by your BTC host and whisky specialist Nils van Rijn

The name is Bond, James Bond

In the latest 007 movie, James Bond is driving an Aston Martin DBS. A car brand that has been intertwined with the movie franchise for decades. We like both the Bowmore Aston Martin whisky and the car better than the last movie. How did you like this whisky and the competition in general?

We take it not many of the participants have tasted this dram as mostly all availability has been bought by investors. Whisky is made for drinking and it is extremely nice that this blind tasting offers a chance to let you do just that with whisky.

This was certainly a textbook Bowmore. Tropical fruits and a medium peat level. With tropical fruits, we must be a little more precise, passion fruits is what we would be going for. Some would say pineapple and mangoes, but it is this fruitiness that would have made Bowmore the only distillery to be the correct choice. Some grapefruit in the taste as well and honey and a lingering long peat smoke in the finish.

We would like to congratulate our 2022 winners! We will contact you shortly for your prizes. Also we would love to see you next year as 2023 will be interesting to participate again. Tell your friends and family about our competition and have them play against you next year. See you then!