Bowmore 1996 22 Year Old - Elixir Distillers 70cl / 50.4%

A bottle of Bowmore 22 Year Old single Islay malt Scotch whisky. This was distilled on 7 May 1996, matured in a single hogshead, and bottled on 23 June 2018 by Elixir Distillers (formerly known as Speciality Drinks) for The Single Malts Of Scotland series.

This is one of 210 bottles; this was bottled from cask number 1371.

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 1996 sold at our online auction for £160