Soba45
Bowmore 25 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
January 26, 2019 (edited October 28, 2022)
Hmm, peat, nutts vanilla, slightly sulfuric / tanninic sherry. Initially I thought slightly overwooded. Unlike some drams where the things that bug me get more and more prominent, this whiskey I settle into more and more. Prunes, dark fruit, very interesting dram. It's good but I'm slightly torn on how good, I think it's one you really need a bottle to work through over time perhaps. Its more complex and has more depth than the 18 from memory but not sure about the balance of certain aspects. By the end I was thinking definitely a 4.25.
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@cascode Yeah Bowmore is an interesting one for me. I like the overall profile but it seems sometimes they don't bring it all together quite right. The low abv is definitely a handicap. It's like you know they have great potential but they just don't make the most of it. The Gold Reef, 12 and 15 didn't swing my boat but I liked the 18 and Black Rock. I have a 52.5% 18 year vintners sanple tucked away plus just ordered a 16 yr independent bottling- Woodwinters at 58.1% from a single sherry butt. Time to take a step up!
"peat, nutts vanilla, slightly sulfuric / tanninic sherry. Initially I thought slightly overwooded" yep, sounds exactly like every low-abv Bowmore I've ever had. I'm convinced that this juice only shines at 100+ proof.