Bowmore Cask Strength

Bowmore is one of Islay's most luxurious brands. I am not talking about the whisky itself, i am talking about how collectible the special bottlings are, and how much money can they end up costing in a few years. Having said that, i don't usually find Bowmore as a super smokey dram, it is rather more "earthy" in my books. This is the Cask Strength expression, which usually means that all the flavors and aromas of a distillery are trapped inside of this type of single malt. Bottled at 56%abv, copper color. On the nose, it has this beautiful profile of aromatic peat. It is spicy and full of red fruits: It makes me feel like i am nosing a rye whisky. Medicinal, hospital, red fruits and chilli. After a couple of seconds an incredible butter cookies note have appeared. When you take a sip, the aroma changes into cigarrettes and ashes. Vanilla cream, and rum and raisins ice cream. More time on the glencairn revealed caramel, prunes, sea water and sawdust. Herbal. On the palate it is very "red". Red fruits, red spices. Chilli, cherries with syrup, acid prunes. It tastes exactly as a hershey's strawberry syrup. Pepper and vanilla. Aftertaste is medium long and very nice. Tobacco, cigar leaf, hay, salt and sulphur. Ginger. Full of ashes it is a little scorching in a beautiful way. Hay peat. Overall, this is a wonderful, very balanced single malt; very fruity and spicy for a Bowmore. The peatiness is nice, but i always crave for a little more. A very nice offering, i can consider this one an everyday dram for the Cask Strength drinker. My score for it is 89 over 100.