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AWS team had the enormous pleasure of meeting with Morrison Distillers at their new Aberargie Distillery; during that visit, we came across a parcel of Bowmore single malt, which was distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2019 after maturing for 22 years in a single hogshead. After trying this incredible malt with light smoke and tropical fruit notes, we jumped at the chance to buy the remaining stock and relabel it for our store.

Bowmore 22 Years Old 1996 

Cask 901271

NOW £195.00

WAS £220.00

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Bowmore is proudly the oldest distillery on the Isle of Islay. Officially established in 1779 by John P. Simson, though local archivists suggest distilling began in Bowmore almost ten years earlier.

John passed the ownership to William and James Mutter in 1837 before his passing. The Mutter family transformed the distillery’s small artisan operation to a thriving commercial distillery. Many production techniques they produced are still used today.

In 1887 the distillery ownership was sold to John Bell Sherriff of Campbeltown. It became Bowmore Distillery Company. Unfortunately, in an unexpected turn of events, it entered admission just 3 years later. Due to hard economic times Bowmore distillery served as a soup kitchen for the next 30 years under the eclectic group of four investors.

The Sherriff family re-purchased the distillery in 1925, and ran a successful business for 15 years before production was halted in 1940 due to the war. For the next 3 years the distillery was used for three squadrons operation.