Bowmore was the first of Islay's distilleries to receive a license, springing fully-formed into official existence in 1779. It is likely that the founder of the distillery, one William Simson, had been been distilling in Bowmore since shortly after his arrival in 1766, at a time when Daniel Campbell the Younger (the laird of the island) was exp ... Read More »
A rare commemorative bottling of Bowmore released to commemorate the 2003 fly fishing championships on Islay. Only a small number of bottles, with their wooden display case, were produced and this is sought after by collectors.
A 35 year old Bowmore, distilled in 1968 and bottled as part of the Celtic Heartlands range. With Jim McEwan behind the selection you're fairly safe that each bottle in the series is going to be quite special.
A limited edition 32 year old bottling of 1968 Bowmore from the turn of the millenium. It was bottled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Stanley P Morrison company, owners of Bowmore since 1963.
An old bottling of Bowmore whisky by Sestante. This 1971 vintage whisky has been matured for 14 years in, what appears to be, sherry casks and has been bottled full on 57.7% (around 100 proof).
A very limited edition bottling of 1974 vintage Bowmore for La Maison du Whisky's Artist range, of which this is the second entry. The whisky was bottled in 2012 at cask strength and features a label drawn by artist Paola Parés. This is limited to ONE BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER
This 1969 vintage whisky was distilled at Bowmore and matured for 32 long years. Bottled by Duncan Taylor as a cask strength, single cask release and part of their 'Peerless' range.
An independent release of single cask Bowmore, distilled in August 1980 and bottled in July 2004 at cask strength. What's more, it comes with a rather nifty replica copper still decanter, embossed with a name plate featuring the bottle number.
A 1968 vintage Bowmore, bottled in the early 2000s by Hart Brothers. The 60s were a time of incredible production from the distillery, with some legendary drams being produced - hopefully this one lives up to the fearsome reputation.
A rather rare single cask bottling of Bowmore 1968 vintage whisky. This cask was specially selected and bottled after 34 years of maturation at just above 40%.
A single casks release of Bowmore which was distilled in 1968. This whisky has been matured for 35 years and bottled by Duncan Taylor at cask strength.
A 37 year old release of Bowmore, distilled in 1968 and bottled at a cask strength of 43.4%. A limited edition bottling that looks to have been the marriage of just 4 or 5 bourbon casks, it's gone down as one of the greats from this golden decade of production.
Nicknamed 'the seadragon' due to the mythical beast adorning the rather pretty black ceramic bottle and box, this 30 year old Bowmore appeared in the mid 1990s and has achieved almost mythic status itself, being made up entirely of long-aged casks from the legendary 1960s vintages. A magnificent dram, bursting with rich tropical flavours - one of the all-time classics from this distillery.
A legendary bottling of Bowmore bottled in 1979 to celebrate the distillery's bicentenary. Vatted from some phenomenal 1960s sherry casks, this is renowned by aficionados as one of the best Bowmore's ever - at a fraction of the pricetags commanded by the likes of Black Bowmore.
One of the legendary Bowmore bicentenary releases, bottled in 1979 as part of their 200th birthday celebrations. Distilled in the 1960s and matured in some rather excellent sherry casks this is still considered to be one of the best Bowmores ever produced.
A very rare bottling of Bowmore 1973 presented to guests at a banquet held in 2001 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Stanley Morrison company.