Bowmore… THE Bowmore. Coveted by indie bottlers and Islay whisky lovers alike. For years, Bowmore spirit was nigh on impossible to get our hands on but now… we have two. Two different ages, two different wood types, two ways to experience Islay’s most prestigious distillery. This releaase is 21 years old,  refill bourbon maturation, and at natural cask strength 51.3%.

What Set’s This Apart?  We capture variation. It’s ideal for our colour, flavour, and ABV to change because our tribe want a natural product presented exactly as it is- minimal intervention whisky (to borrow a term from the wine world who recognised the peoples desire a long time before Scotch did!). So what’s different? The unique nature of these particular casks #13 and #14, the colour, the natural cask strength, the age, and the chance to try two sister bottlings side by side- One Way Or Another.

What’s In A Name? We do love a rock n roll reference,  and these two sister bottlings allow us to experience spirit born of the same stills but maturated differently, for different periods of time, producing indie Bowmore “One Way Or Another”.

The Specifics? We had two casks of 2004 Bowmore but we didn’t want to vat them together so we are offering 2 single cask bottlings – cask #13 and #14. Distilled on the 26th of August 2004 (where were you then eh?), this will be bottled at 21 years old, 3 weeks shy of it’s 22nd birthday. These two casks are remarkably similar having been distilled on the same day and matured in refill ex-Jim Beam wood. Interestingly, #13 is marked as “Clermont Spings Distillery Co 2011” as opposed to the #14 which is labelled at “Jim Beam”. This hints that #13 might have been in circulation longer than the other as Clemont Springs is a historical name for Jim Beam which is no longer used the same way. It also indicates a re-racking or vatting prior to Uncharted’s custody of these casks.

The Flavour: The way time has mellowed the Bowmore spirit is amazing. It SO mango forward. It is so interesting to taste side-by-side with the 11 year old sister bottling. The peat is alive but mellowed by time and melted into the delicate oak and seaside spray. Bottled the first week in August 2026, this release is natural cask strength and colour. There’s 261 bottles from cask #13 which we are releasing first for no reason other than it was bottled first. Get yours! This is available for immediate dispatch now.