Bowmore 1996 / 25 Year Old / Xtra Old Particular Islay Whisky

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70cl / 54.6% / Douglas Laing - A 1980 Caol Ila single malt from indie bottler Douglas Laing, matured in a single refill hogshead for four decades, before being bottled in June 2021 as part of its Xtra Old Particular series. Aromas of sea salt and acrid... More

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70cl / 57.2% / Douglas Laing - A long-aged smoky Ledaig, bottled at 25 years old exclusively for The Whisky Exchange. We're big fans of Ledaig – Tobermory's smoky spirit – and when we tried this exclusive single cask we had to have it all for... More

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70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling - A bottling of 25 year old Bowmore introduced in the early years of the 21st century. Big, fruity and rich with smoke. More

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70cl / 44% / Douglas Laing - The 1960s is considered to be a golden decade for Bowmore, with bags of tropical fruit flavours in the whiskies. This 1966 vintage has been aged for 35 years before being released as part of Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask... More

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70cl / 48.4% / Douglas Laing - This 18-year-old Bunnahabhain, finished in Pedro Ximenez casks, contrasts between sweet, dried fruit and maritime smoke. It is lively on the nose with aromas of milk chocolate, caramel and allspice. On the palate there is... More

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70cl / 49% / Distillery Bottling - The third of the three extraordinary Oloroso cask 1964 Bowmores released in the mid-1990s, this final batch was of 1812 bottles. With an almost unfathomable concentration and intensity of flavour, and with the perfect... More

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70cl / 50% / Distillery Bottling - Tropical fruit, medicinal smoke, funk and sea spray – this is what 1960s Bowmore is all about. There is no shortage of excellent Bowmore single malts hitting our shelves today, but older bottlings like this offer a... More

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70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling - A whisky coming into its prime. This 15-year-old single malt, which spends its final three years in oloroso sherry casks, is elegantly balanced between this sherry influence and the distillery's fruit and peat... More

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75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling - An old bottling of 8-year-old Bowmore from the days before the distillery was sold to Stanley P Morrison. We estimate this bottle dates from the 1970s. More

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70cl / 40% / Hart Brothers - A very old 1957 vintage Bowmore which has been matured for 31 years in sherry casks. Specially selected by Hart Brothers and bottled in 1988 (the same year that the company was established). More

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70cl / 43.5% / Duncan Taylor - A 1966 vintage Bowmore from independent bottler Duncan Taylor. Bottled in 2006 at 40 years of age, only 153 bottles came out of the cask. Released as part of a series of three single casks of the same vintage and age,... More

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70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling - 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... More

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70cl / 42.5% / Duncan Taylor - A Peerless release of 1969 Bowmore, aged for 33 years and bottled at a mellow cask strength of 42.5%. More

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75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling - An old dumpy bottle of 12 year old Bowmore. They were bought by Suntory in 1989 which makes this Morrison's bottle most likely the product of the 1980s. More