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Bowmore 15 years Laimrig

malty peaty
4.3
(6)€90Scotland, Islay, Single Malt

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Laimrig is Scottish Gaelic for pier. The name points at the old stone pier below the distillery. Barley came ashore there, and full casks left for the world. Bowmore itself has worked on the shore of Loch Indaal since 1779. This bottling finishes the house peat in Spanish sherry butts. It reaches the bottle at cask strength, with no chill filtration. The colour is nearly black. Sherried cherry and fig run straight into wood smoke, and the spice keeps climbing. Pour it neat and give it a minute. It hits hard and then it opens.

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Bowmore

Bowmore is a Scotch whisky distillery located in the town of Bowmore on the Scottish island of Islay. It is one of the oldest distilleries on the island, having been established in 1779 by local merchant David Simson. Bowmore is known for producing a range of peated and unpeated single malt whiskies. The distillery sources its water from the nearby Laggan River, which is said to contribute to the unique character of its whiskies. The barley used in production is malted on site using traditional floor malting techniques. The distillery has its own cooperage, where skilled craftsmen create and repair casks used for maturing the whisky.

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About the Bowmore 15 years Laimrig

Bowmore 15 years Laimrig is an Islay single malt Scotch whisky, aged 15 years and bottled at 54.1% ABV. The spirit is made on the shore of Loch Indaal, then finished in Spanish sherry butts for its last stretch. Nothing is chill filtered out of it, and the strength stays exactly as the casks left it. That is why the colour runs so dark and the liquid feels so thick against the glass. The name is Scottish Gaelic for pier. It refers to the stone pier at Bowmore. Barley was landed there, and filled casks were shipped out to the mainland. The distillery has stood there since 1779, which makes it the oldest working one on Islay. Its floor maltings are still in use. Waste heat from the stills even warms a public swimming pool built inside a former warehouse. Cherry, fig and date arrive first, soaked in sherry and dusted with cinnamon. Peat smoke sits underneath them, along with a note of old leather. The palate swings darker, into dark chocolate and grape, with clove pushing hard behind them. Black tea and a salty, medicinal edge run alongside. Then everything dries out for a long close. Anise, black pepper and cocoa fade slowly into ash and damp earth. Plenty of Islay malts lean on peat and little else. This bottling drives the smoke straight into sherry wood and keeps both at full volume. Skipping chill filtration leaves the natural oils in place, so the texture stays heavy instead of clean and thin. Cask strength keeps every flavour tight and loud. Anyone who finds sherried Islay whisky too polite will hear what Bowmore 15 years Laimrig is doing.