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Bowmore 1991 Antique Lions 25 Year Old / The Butterflies

Lot: 335271

Bowmore 1991 Antique Lions 25 Year Old / The Butterflies

Winning Bid: £575
(Reserve has been met) This lot currently has: 56 bids

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Bowmore
Age: 
25 Year Old
Vintage: 
1991
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
ALOS
Cask Type: 
bourbon
Bottled Strength: 
48.7%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Bowmore 1991 Antique Lions 25 Year Old / The Butterflies

Islay’s oldest working distillery, Bowmore was established in 1779 and is now regarded as one of the most popular malts not only on Islay, but in the whole of Scotland. The distillery was acquired by Stanley P. Morrison in 1963, ushering in an era of iconic single malts, including the legendary Black Bowmore, credited by many as the genesis of whisky collecting, bottled in 1993. The distillery was bought under the control Suntory the year after (they had been stakeholders since 1989), and it remains one of the most collectible brands in Scotch whisky today. Bowmore is one of the few remaining Scottish distilleries to use its own floor maltings, providing them with 40% of their requirements. The unique microclimate in their iconic No.1 vaults shares very little with the angels, meaning casks are readily available for independent labels like this, many of which are spectacular.

Distilled in 1991 and bottled 25 years later as part of The Butterflies series for Antique Lions Of Spirits (ALOS). The labels are an homage to old Pepi Mongiardino's early Moon Import bottles, and feature images taken from the same 18th century encyclopaedia.

ALOS was formed as a collaborative project between renowned whisky enthusiast and collector, Jens Drewitz and two Italian whisky merchants: Max Righi of Whisky Antique, and Diego Sandrin of Lions Whisky.  Their uncompromising passion for whisky is the drive behind their selection of these whiskies of equally uncompromised quality.

This is one of 248 bottles drawn from a bourbon cask.

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