Sold outMay 2026In short · Bowmore (Islay), 21 years.
“This had such an unbelievably seductive, sweet smoke that we all fell under a kind of spell.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 3.365 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 21 years old, bottled at 55.2%, released in the May 2026 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.