Bowmore 21 years old - b. 1990s - 70cl

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 43%

An old official bottling of Bowmore 21-year-old Islay single malt whisky, released at some point around the turn of the millennium in the classic old style bottle and cream label.

These old Bowmore 21-year-olds with the cream stripe on the capsule were distilled around the end of the 1970s, though some later editions also included some of the ill-fated early 1980s lavender-esque distillate. All these bottlings have a strong sherry influence and pack remarkable flavour intensity into their 43% strength. There is some batch variation with these bottles, with the early versions absolutely exemplary old school sherried Bowmore, while some of the later ones are a bit perfumey.