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Bowmore Bourbon Cask Matured / Feis Ile 2014

Lot: 6141700

Bowmore Bourbon Cask Matured / Feis Ile 2014

Winning Bid: £150

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Bowmore
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
N/A
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
Bourbon Cask
Bottled Strength: 
56.1%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Bowmore Bourbon Cask Matured / Feis Ile 2014

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 1995. The distillery was bought under the control Suntory the year prior (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.

This bourbon cask matured Bowmore was released at the 2014 Feis Ile, limited to only 1,000 bottles and only available at the distillery. Matured predominantly in first fill Bourbon casks, bottled on 16th May 2014. The bag interestingly suggest that this whisky was also matured first fill American oak bourbon barrels and French wine Barriques.

One of 1,000 bottles.  

Feis Ile, also known as the Islay Festival of Music and Malt had humble beginnings. It traces it origins back to 1985 and the establishment of The Islay Festival Association after it was realised that an event celebrating Gaelic, music and culture would drive tourism to the island. The inaugural event was rtwo weeks of music, drama and workshops with ceilidhs, concerts and dances in the evening. The first whisky tasting took place as a festival event in 1990, and ten years later the island's distilleries began to be directly involved, organising their annual open days to coincide with it. Today it is one of the biggest events on the whisky calendar, annually drawing hundreds of revellers, and turning out an increasingly sought-after batch of limited edition whiskies like this.

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