Bowmore 22 Year Old The Gulls - Bottled 1990s 70cl / 43%

A bottle of Bowmore 22 Year Old. We estimate this was bottled in the 1990s.

The gulls on the bottle refer to a folk story of two lovers who died in the waters off Islay, they were never found but two white gulls were seen flying away.

Bowmore started distilling in 1779, though there is no evidence of whisky production until John Simpson was granted a licence to distil in 1816. The distillery passed through several hands, and even supplied a cask to Windsor Castle, before it was purchased by perhaps its most famous owner, Stanley P Morrison, in 1963. Bowmore maintains its own floor maltings which supply 40% of its barley, and is known for its medium-peated character. The whisky is left to mature in the No.1 Vaults, which is said to inhabit a unique microclimate, perfect for long periods of maturation.

This Bowmore 22 Year Old sold at our online auction for £625