I bought a nice Bowman 12 year old yesterday for a gift at a New Year Eve party that C and I were invited to, hoping that the host would offer to share as one of the festivities. And he did, with he and I (and eventually others) sharing about two fingers each in capacious tumblers. Happily, for he is not necessarily a Scotch aficionado, he quite enjoyed it as did I - and soon did others. My quick take - a mild peaty smoke, an oily but pleasant flavour with shifting accents, and a long smooth finish Cheers
Awards for Bowmore 12
Silver Outstanding
Scotch Single Malt - Islay - 2014
International Wine & Spirit Competition
International Wine & Spirit Competition
Gold
Single Malt Scotch - to 12 Yrs - 2013
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Gold
Scotch Single Malt - Islay - 2013
International Wine & Spirit Competition
And here are a few users' comments I picked up on-line
Very Good
I love Scotch and I have
almost 20 bottles in my collection. I especially enjoy the Islay
Scotchs and so I thought I would buy a bottle of Bowmore. I was
pleasantly surprised how smooth this smokey whiskey was. The peat
levels are around 25 ppm, thus I could definitely taste the peat. I
invited some scotch friends over to take a blind taste test of some of
my scotchs to see everyone's favorite. In the taste test was Laphroig
10, Highland Park 12, Talisker 10, Ardbeg 10, Ardmore, Macallan 12,
Johnny Walker Double Black, and Oban. Everyone had Bowmore in the top 3
of these powerhouse scotchs. I then showed them that Bowmore was one of
the least expensive ones of the bunch. It then started to taste
better.
27th December 2014
Special Treat
My December 5 advent calendar dram. What a great treat. One of my all time favorites from the Islands. Lovely smoke flavor.
6th December 2014
Very surprised
I have never been a
scotch\whiskey drinker. (I do like a good tequila, like Don Julio 1942)
but all beer and wine for me…I am really a huge wine fan…but looking to
try new things. Store was having a sale and I picked this bottle up.
Very delicious. Just had it neat. The nose was quite powerful at
first, but it was so smooth and tasty. Surprised how much the nose and
the flavor are different to me. This bottle may have just made me
become a scotch drinker too.
4th December 2014
