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SMWS 3.357: Bowmore

“Home is Where the Hearth Is” · Past release, no longer on sale
Home is Where the Hearth Is - SMWS 3.357Sold outJan 2025
3.357

Home is Where the Hearth Is

SMWS regionIslay
Age20 years
ABV55.7%
Cask2nd fill ex-oloroso hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 3
DistilleryBowmore
RegionIslay

In short · Bowmore (Islay), 20 years.

“The Creators Collection brings liquid storytelling to life with rare, aged whiskies curated to create the ultimate whisky flights.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 3.357 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 20 years old, bottled at 55.7%, released in the Jan 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 3.x is from Bowmore.

How the price compares
At £195, this 20-year-old cost less than 5 of the 8 Bowmore bottlings aged 18–22 released 2023–2026 that we hold. They ranged from £140 to £240, with a median of £212.
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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