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SMWS 3.333: Bowmore

“Slowly forgetting the 1980s” · Past release, no longer on sale
Slowly forgetting the 1980s - SMWS 3.333Sold outOct 2021
3.333

Slowly forgetting the 1980s

SMWS regionIslay
Age17 years
ABV56.8%
Outturn268 bottles
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 3
DistilleryBowmore
RegionIslay

In short · Bowmore (Islay), 17 years.

“The aroma burst form the glass with that familiar sweet, scented peat smoke.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 3.333 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 17 years old, bottled at 56.8%, released in the Oct 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 3.x is from Bowmore.

How the price compares
At £122, this 17-year-old cost more than 4 of the 16 Bowmore bottlings aged 16–19 released 2021–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £115 to £179.50, with a median of £122.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Bowmore

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.

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