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Bowmore 18 Year Old

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@VictorReview by @Victor

17th Jun 2014

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Bowmore 18 Year Old
  • Nose
    23
  • Taste
    22
  • Finish
    20
  • Balance
    22
  • Overall
    87

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The reviewed sample is courtesy of @Nock. The bottle has been open for six months and is 75% full. This is a standard distillery bottling

Nose: the classic Bowmore style of medium peat, somewhat to the sweet side, leather, and a little brine, comes through beautifully here

Taste: the palate tilts significantly to the sweet side, but otherwise Bowmore 18 tastes just as it smells. Jim Murray describes this one as Fisherman's Friend style cough medicine sweet, and it does have some of this characteristic. This is pleasant, though

Finish: on sweet and bitter peat and leather

Balance: Well, Bowmore polarises, at all ages, including the young, the old and this 18 yo. I like all of the Bowmores OK, including the much-maligned McClelland's Islay Single Malt. This 18 yo is a great example of the mainstream Bowmore style, and shows all of Bowmore's house style characteristics in full mature prototypical fashion. I don't consider it high whisky art, but I like it and I enjoy drinking it

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5 comments

@Frost
Frost commented

Great review @Victor. I've been curious about this dram for ages and finally had a taste last weekend. Your notes are a refreshing reminder of that tasting.

10 years ago 0

@Victor
Victor commented

@Frost, thank you. Did you observe any significant differences between the Bowmore 18 yo and your bottle of Bowmore 17 yo?

10 years ago 0

@Frost
Frost commented

@Victor I must admit my 17 is still stockpiled for opening later. I hope to open it once I secure a bottle of 18 yr and try them side by side over time. I will certainly let you know my experience once I do.

10 years ago 0

@Robert99
Robert99 commented

@Victor I just had a dram of this Bowmore 18 and I love it. My experience of it is similar to your experience with two noticeable differences. I have oil (petroleum) and some faint ashes. That put the 18 way ahead of the Tempest and the McClelland's for me. In fact in may becomes my reference as a refine peated Scotch.

9 years ago 0

@Victor
Victor commented

@Robert99, I do like Bowmore 18...but it is expensive. I prefer the purchase of the Bowmore 12 yo at $ 45 to the Bowmore 18 yo at $ 125.

9 years ago 0