Bowmore 15 Year Old Sherry Oak

In May 2025 we shared a brand new 12-year-old Bowmore just after it had been released. Now it’s the turn of the 15 Year Old in the same Sherry Oak Collection! Described as a new “boutique range” that will sit alongside the core range, it celebrates European oak sherry casks. Once again maturation is in oloroso sherry and bourbon casks, with an additional oloroso cask finish. Here though, we have both a higher age and strength.

Like Kilchoman and Laphroaig on Islay, Bowmore have their own traditional floor maltings (a very rare feature today), in their case providing around 25% of their needs. The peat level of all the malt they use is lower than some of their smoky neighbours, however, at 25-30 PPM (phenolic parts per million). Bowmore distillery was founded way back in 1779, making it one of the very oldest distilleries in Scotland and the oldest on Islay.