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Whiskies from Bowmore

Distillery• Name Vintage l. SVA
Serge Valentin is one of the most prolific whisky aficionados and the premier source of whisky reviews. Serge uses the 100 point scale for his ratings.
 GGR
Gal Granov is considered one of the most proactive of all independent whisky bloggers at this moment, a rising star in the whisky scene. Gal uses a 100 point scale for his ratings.
 Other
BOW
We rate most of the whiskies ourselves and use the 100 point scale. If we do not have a rating, we publish ratings of other renowned whisky critics in this column.
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Number of bottles in stock
 Price (incl. VAT)
Bowmore • 9 Years Old Daily Dram Womb Ore 46% 1998 0,70 84 1 € 115,00 € 139,15
Bowmore • Cask Strength Old Label 56% NV 0,75 86 1 € 330,58 € 400,00
Bowmore • 17 Years Old Glass Printed Label Golden Cap 43% NV 0,70 1 € 402,90 € 487,51
Bowmore • 22 Years Old Aston Martin Masters Selection Edition 3 51% NV 0,70 91+ 1 € 425,00 € 514,25
Bowmore • 16 Years Old 1991 Port Matured 53.1% (In Original Box, slightly damaged) 1991 0,70 86 88 1 € 433,88 € 524,99
Bowmore • Dawn Port Cask Finish 51.5% NV 0,70 90 1 € 438,00 € 529,98
Bowmore • 21 Years Old & Rare Platinum Selection Bottled for The Whisky Shop 49.6% 1990 0,70 89.5 1 € 495,87 € 600,00
Bowmore • The Devil's Casks Small Batch Release 56.9% NV 0,70 91 1 € 599,17 € 725,00
Bowmore • De Luxe (Brown dumpy with cork stopper) 1970's 43% (Damaged Box) NV 1,0 86 1 € 625,00 € 756,25
Bowmore • 25 Years Old Signatory Vintage Symington’s Choice Cask 2422 55.9% 1997 0,70 91 90 1 € 719,95 € 871,14
Bowmore • 29 Years Old Timeless Series 53.7% NV 0,70 93 2 € 1.649,95 € 1.996,44
Bowmore • 28 Years Old 1984 Vintage 48.7% 1984 0,70 92 1 € 1.652,89 € 2.000,00
Bowmore • 30 Years Old Sea Dragon 43% (Lower Filling) NV 0,70 91 90 1 € 2.020,66 € 2.445,00
Bowmore • 30 Years Old Edition 2022 45.3% NV 0,70 91 91 2 € 2.299,99 € 2.782,99
Bowmore • 35 Years Old Celtic Heartlands Autographed 40.6% (High Shoulder) 1968 0,70 1 € 2.479,30 € 2.999,95
Bowmore • 21 Years Old 1970 43% 1970 0,75 93.5 1 € 3.100,00 € 3.751,00
Bowmore • 40 Years Old 2022 48.7% NV 0,70 91.5 1 € 7.804,95 € 9.443,99
Bowmore • 1957 Cask 216 - 220 40.1% (High Shoulder) 1957 0,70 93 95 1 € 14.500,00 € 17.545,00
Bowmore • 1964 38 Years Old Bourbon Cask The Trilogy Series 43.2% (With Original packaging) 1964 0,70 92 92 1 € 17.500,00 € 21.175,00
Bowmore • 1964 38 Years Old Oloroso Cask The Trilogy Series 42.9% (With Original packaging) 1964 0,70 93 95 1 € 20.000,00 € 24.200,00
Bowmore • 50 Years Old 46.9% 1969 0,70 96 1 € 32.231,40 € 38.999,99

Bowmore

With over two centuries of experience in manufacturing some of the world’s most iconic and rare scotch whiskies, such as the legendary Black Bowmore 1964, the Bowmore Distillery has earned its title of being one of the leading distilleries in the world. Bowmore is one of the few distilleries in Scotland with a self-sufficient malting floor, which produces approximately 35% of the malt required for the spirit’s production. The other part of the needed malt is produced at Port Ellen Maltings, with specifications provided by the Bowmore master distillers to maintain the peaty character of Bowmore Single Malt Whisky.

 

Located in Islay’s authentic and historical capital Bowmore, fronting the embankment of Loch Indaal, the Bowmore Distillery is definitely one of the most beautiful and most characteristic distilleries to be found on Islay. Due to its charm, beautiful location and iconic bottlings, the Bowmore Distillery is one of Islay’s most visited distilleries. During the annual Feis Ile festival, over thousands of whisky enthusiasts form a queue reaching even beyond the distillery’s premises, in the hopes of acquiring one of the much desired hand-filled special whisky releases for Bowmore Feis Ile.

 

The Bowmore Distillery history is an astonishing success story, as it’s one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries -and Islay’s oldest operating distillery. Bowmore was founded by a merchant named David Simpson in 1779, who remained at the helm of the distillery until it was sold to William and James Mutter in 1837. James Mutter was a farmer, a distiller, a steamship owner and the Brazilian, Portuguese and Ottoman vice-consul in Glasgow, who delivered an important contribution to the expansion of the distillery. In addition to producing the distillery’s barley, James Mutter used his steamship to distribute barley and coal, and eventually to ship Bowmore’s bottlings back to the mainland of Scotland.

 

The distillery changed hands multiple times throughout the following years, until it was acquired by Stanley P. Morrison in 1963 who renovated many of the distillery premises, which modifications such as the malting floors are still present today. The Japanese Suntory Ltd. bought 35% of the Morrison Bowmore’s shares in 1989, until finally in 1994 the Bowmore Distillery became 100% ownership of Suntory.

 

One of the Bowmore Distillery’s old warehouses is converted into the MacTaggart Leisure Centre, which is a modern wellness center including a swimming pool, fitness studio, sports shop and sauna! Underground pipes and a computer controlled system provide the opportunity to recycle the distillery’s waste heat, which is used to heat the water of the swimming pool. This offers a very environmentally friendly accommodation to serve the local inhabitants and the distillery’s visitors!

 

During the Second World War the Bowmore harbor was confiscated by the Air Ministry, who had the distillery’s premises provided as a base to track down German submarines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whiskies from Bowmore have an average of 4.5 stars based on 183 professional reviews


Distillery• Name Vintage l. SVA
Serge Valentin is one of the most prolific whisky aficionados and the premier source of whisky reviews. Serge uses the 100 point scale for his ratings.
 GGR
Gal Granov is considered one of the most proactive of all independent whisky bloggers at this moment, a rising star in the whisky scene. Gal uses a 100 point scale for his ratings.
 Other
BOW
We rate most of the whiskies ourselves and use the 100 point scale. If we do not have a rating, we publish ratings of other renowned whisky critics in this column.
 #
Number of bottles in stock
 Price (incl. VAT)
Bowmore • 12 Years Old 40% NV 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Gold Reef 43% (Damaged Box) NV 1,0 84 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • 10 Years Old Chieftain's Choice Casks 624-633 43% 1991 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Legend 40% NV 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 1991 James Mc Allister's Selection 40% 1991 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 11 Years Old Hart Brothers Finest Collection 46% 1990 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Gold Reef 43% NV 1,0 84 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • 10 Years Old Aston Martin 40% NV 1,0 84 86 86 0 sold out
Bowmore • Whisky Galore 11 Years Old Duncan Taylor 46% 1990 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 17 Years Old White Sands Travel retail exclusive 43% NAS 0,70 88 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • 1989 The Ultimate Cask 22378 43% 1989 0,75 0 sold out
Bowmore • 13 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask 20942 46% 1989 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 1988 12 Years Old McGibbon's Provenance 43% 1988 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 10 Years Old McGibbon's Provenance Cask:DMG9574 46% 2002 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Set Containing Legend,12, 15, 17, 21 NV 1,0 0 sold out
Bowmore • Tempest Small Batch Release No.3 55.6% NV 0,70 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • Black Rock 40% NV 1,0 80 0 sold out
Bowmore • 13 years Old Malt Cask HL11155 50% 2001 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Bw4 Speciality Drinks Elements of Islay 51.6% NAS 0,5 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • 18 Years Old Bottled 2007 43% NV 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 years Old Malt Cask HL0919 50% 2001 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 8 Years Old 40% NV 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Enigma 12 Years Old New Label 40% NV 1,0 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • Enigma 12 Years Old New Label 40% NV 1,0 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • Set Dusk Darkest Dawn NV 0,6 0 sold out
Bowmore • 14 Years Old Duncan Taylor The Octave Cask 70704 55.6% 1998 0,70 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • Dun Bheagan 21 Years Old 43% 1980 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 16 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask:42506+07+22 43% 1988 0,70 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • 11 years Old Blackadder Raw Cask 22531 64% 1989 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 8 Years Old Murray McDavid 46% 2002 0,75 84 0 sold out
Bowmore • 18 Years Old Deep & Complex 2017 43% NV 0,70 87.5 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 Years Old glass printed label blue cap 43% NV 0,75 0 sold out
Bowmore • Bw5 Speciality Drinks Elements of Islay 50.2% NAS 0,5 90 0 sold out
Bowmore • 13 Years Old Bottled For 10th Anniversary of Creative Whisky Company 2005-2015 55.6% 2002 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 16 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask:800151 54.3% 1998 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 18 Years Old Aniseed Pastille Wemyss Malts 46% 1996 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Legend Romance Vintage Label 40% NAS 0,70 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • 11 Years Old Murray McDavid Cask MM 8726 46% 1989 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • Tempest Small Batch Release No.4 55.1% NV 0,70 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • Surf Golden label with small distillery image 40% (Base of Neck) NV 1,0 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 Years Old Glass Old Label 1 liter 40% NV 1,0 0 sold out
Bowmore • 13 Years Old Helen Arthur Cask 981 46% 1990 0,70 86 0 sold out
Bowmore • 17 Years Old Douglas Laing Old Particular Cask DL10125 48.4% 1996 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 Years Old Blackadder Cask:20197 53,7% 2002 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 Years Old glass printed label blue cap 43% NV 0,75 87 0 sold out
Bowmore • 12 Years Old Dewar Rattray Cask:20142 59.5% 2003 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 18 Years Old Bottled 2018 43% NV 0,70 86 0 sold out
Bowmore • 1996 Coastal Confectione Wemyss Malts 54.7% 1996 0,70 90 0 sold out
Bowmore • 15 Years Old Douglas Laing Cask:DL10583 48.4% 1999 0,70 0 sold out
Bowmore • 19 Years Old Adelphi Cask:960038 57.2% 1996 0,70 0 sold out
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