Bowmore 1997 Bourbon Casks 25 Year Old / The Distiller's Anthology 02

Islay’s oldest working distillery, Bowmore was established in 1779 and is now regarded as one of the most popular malts not only on Islay, but in the whole of Scotland. The distillery was acquired by Stanley P. Morrison in 1963, ushering in an era of iconic single malts, including the legendary Black Bowmore, credited by many as the genesis of whisky collecting, bottled in 1993. The distillery was bought under the control Suntory the year after (they had been stakeholders since 1989), and it remains one of the most collectible brands in Scotch whisky today. Bowmore is one of the few remaining Scottish distilleries to use its own floor maltings, providing them with 40% of their requirements.

This Bowmore was distilled in 1997 and matured in first-fill American oak bourbon hogsheads for 25 years. It was bottled as the second instalment in the distillery's Distiller's Anthology series.

One of 2,728 bottles.