Bowmore 1998 Hand-Filled Bottled 2019 70cl / 57.5%

A bottle of Bowmore Hand-Filled edition. This was distilled on 13 January 1998, matured in a sherry cask and bottled on 5 January 2019.

This is bottle number 421 from cask number 58.

Bowmore started distilling in 1779, though there is no evidence of whisky production until John Simpson was granted a licence to distill 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 1998 Hand-Filled sold at our online auction for £350