Bowmore 25 Year Old Scotch

Bowmore 25 Year Old Scotch is a 700mL Islay single malt bottled at 43% ABV, matured for a quarter of a century in North American bourbon casks and Spanish sherry casks at Bowmore Distillery on the shore of Loch Indaal. This is the long-standing 43% edition of the 25 Year Old: intense sherry and stewed fruit over toffee and hazelnut, with Bowmore's peat smoke never far away. A whisky to be savoured slowly, every delicious drop. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• ABV: 43% (86 proof)
• Size: 700mL
• Age: 25 years
• Casks: North American bourbon and Spanish sherry casks
• Region: Bowmore, Isle of Islay, Scotland

Twenty-Five Years on Loch Indaal

Bowmore Distillery, founded in 1779 and described by the brand as the oldest licensed distillery on Islay, still floor-malts part of its barley in-house and matures much of its whisky in the No. 1 Vaults, the below-sea-level warehouse on Loch Indaal. The 25 Year Old is where the house style meets a full quarter century: American-oak bourbon casks and Spanish sherry casks each leave their mark — stewed fruit and sherry depth against toffee sweetness — while the distillery's gentle peat threads through all of it. See the Small Batch Release form of this malt and more on the Bowmore vendor page and in our whisky collection.

Tasting Notes

Per the producer's notes: a mellow mahogany colour; intense sherry and stewed fruits on the nose with a trace of Bowmore smokiness; toffee and hazelnut on the palate with a hint of sweet peat smoke; and a mellow, gentle, complex finish.

How to Enjoy

Neat in a tulip glass, given time in the glass before the first sip — 25 years of sherry cask fruit rewards patience. More aged single malts are in our whisky collection and across our spirits collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

What casks age Bowmore 25 Year Old?
North American bourbon casks and Spanish sherry casks, for the full 25 years — the sherry wood brings the stewed fruit, the bourbon wood the toffee and hazelnut.

Is Bowmore 25 Year Old peated?
Gently — Bowmore's house peat shows as a trace of smokiness on the nose and a hint of sweet peat smoke on the palate, woven into the sherry-cask fruit rather than dominating it.

Where is Bowmore distilled?
At Bowmore Distillery in the town of Bowmore on the Isle of Islay, Scotland — founded in 1779, with maturation in the No. 1 Vaults below sea level on Loch Indaal.

A quarter century of Islay, sherry and smoke in balance — order Bowmore 25 Year Old online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.