 Review by Warren Tennant (War) |
Bowmore 12 year old distillery bottlingApparently, the only day I should be asked for help or money is the ‘day the whisky arrives’. This explains the looks of despair on family faces today as I curse ‘another bloody Islay malt’ on unwrapping a bottle of Bowmore. For a moment I thought they were sensitive to my pain. It’s not that I dislike Islay malts, I hate them. Islay enjoying friends tell me these evocative malts transport the drinker to the beautiful, dramatic island of their origin. If I wanted to be battered by wind and sea on an exposed rock, mouth full of peat and seaweed, I’d build lighthouses for a living instead of working in a bank. Bowmore is a little softer than the malts from the southern Islay distilleries with less peat and a little more sweatness. Am I converted? No. Do I drink it anyway? Of course. Do my family part me from my time and money? Regretably so. |
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I do enjoy Islay malts, but then again, I live in Scotland and I am indeed battered by the wind and sea. A mouthful of seaweed is just par the course.
You made me laugh; your blog has more colour than most, and I enjoy it.
M.
Thank you for your kind words. Warren’s aversion to the more challenging malts is not shared by everyone at Dramnation. I would choose the 16 year old Lagavulin over pretty much any other malt (maybe it’s growing up in West Yorkshire on the edge of the Pennines). Warren seems to be something of a lone voice, but I’m not sure he’s too worried by this!