Bowmore 12 Year Old / Bot.1980s / Litre Islay Whisky

A 1980s litre bottling of Bowmore's dependable 12 Year Old, this is a time capsule of mid-period Islay — smoky, coastal, and utterly unpretentious. At £900 it's a collector's piece, but what's inside is a snapshot of a distillery before the modern era changed the game.

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