Sold outDec 2021In short · Bowmore (Islay), 17 years.
“Limited to 1 bottle per member Our senses were taken out to sea with tarry ropes, seaweed and oyster shells before a complex amalgamation of black olives, dried rosemary…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 3.331 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 17 years old, bottled at 58.6%, released in the Dec 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 3.x is from Bowmore.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the shore of Loch Indaal, in Islay's whitewashed little capital, Bowmore has turned barley into spirit since 1779, the island's oldest recorded distillery. Descend into its No.1 Vaults, a legendary warehouse dug below the tideline, and you can hear the sea working against the walls where the casks sleep. The whisky is a study in balance: a gentle coil of Islay smoke laid over a deep, exotic sweetness that in older bottlings blooms into mango and passion fruit. Owned by Beam Suntory.