Bowmore 1973 Kb
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Kingsbury (Kb) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 1998 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
he-he, this one is funny, as it smells just like beef stock and nothing else at first nosing. Cask strength beef stock, that is… After five or six minutes we do get a little chocolate and very dark raisins but other than that, this is really too hot and burning. Nostrils beware! With water: anything meaty but almost only meaty stuff. Beef meatloaves (with mushroom sauce!), sausages, smoked meat… Then other smoked things (and coal) but it’s always very meaty. Also hints of mint sauce as well as quite some gunpowder and struck matches. Very funny malt and an extreme kind of sherry!
restaurant Palate
not bad at all but the very high alcohol plus Bowmore’s profile seem to create a kind of soapiness that’s, well, maybe a tad skanky. Just a tad! With water: very good, finally! An excellent spicy, smoky and salty fruitcake
timer Finish
very, very long and hugely peaty now. It’s a superb finish, very complex, that reminds me of the best heavily sherried Islayers (Ardbeg 76, Laphroaig 1980, Lagavulin 1985… You know which ones!)
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