 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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Bowmore Single Malt Whisky Review by Warren Tennant
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011Ardbeg Single Malt Whisky Review by Warren Tennant
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Review by Warren Tennant (War) |
Ardbeg 10 year old – Distillery BottlingIf you’re a fan of the Islay malts I’m sure your intrigued by the constant battle to be the biggest, peatiest, nastiest malt. Ardbeg has been extensively and expensively restored but, lacking their old fanless malting facilities, seem to be going for the ‘we’re more subtle than our neighbours’ approach. They’re probably right, but if it’s subtlety you’re after you’re in very much the wrong place. So what’s this gentle dominatrix like? I don’t like Islay malts, which is a strange thing to say for a whisky lover, but I find the predominant flavours unpleasant. The honey and citrus of Speyside malts remind me of summer meadows, but surely the tingle of phenol followed by a mouth-full of peat is the taste of the trip from hospital to grave. Ardbeg softens the journey with a pretty nurse and a spring morning burial, but it’s still only Monday mornings and children’s parties when I find this prospect appealing. |
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