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Bowmore is the oldest distillery on the
island of Islay and no visit to the island is complete without a stop
there - it is the greenest distillery in Europe, and it is where you’ll
see traditional whisky making in its full glory – from the rare sight of
the malting of the barley, to the peat-fired kilns, to the famous
warehouses which lie beside the shores of Loch Indaal. Whether you’re a
guest at the Distillery Cottages, taking part in the range of tours, or
simply browsing in the shop, you are guaranteed the warmest of welcomes at
Bowmore and, of course, a taste of what is regarded as one of the world’s
finest single malts.
The making of Scotch
Whisky, click here!
I added many images of fine and rare BOWMORE
bottlings to this website, that once were in my personal collection. Also added is a lot of
BOWMORE NEWS.
And please take a look at the complete series of wonderful Legends on the
BOWMORE TINS.
My collecting
history:
My
Tin Box collection started in 1990 when I found 3 Glenfiddich "Clans
series" tins. Not long after that I found out that these beautiful tins
belong to a series of 8 different Clans. A new collection was "born"
and it grew fast.
At the end of 2005 I began to sell the largest part of my collection because in
2006 I moved into a smaller house. I used to have 332 Tin Boxes of Single Malt
Scotch Whisky and 37 Irish & Other Malt Tin Boxes.
Beside the Tin Boxes I collected
miniature bottles (of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies only) for many years untill I
started selling them in 1996 to build up a new collection of
Bowmore full size
bottles, miniatures, waterjugs etc. etc.. The complete miniatures-collection was
sold by the end of 2001.
In September 2004 I have sold my
entire Bowmore collection to Morrison Bowmore Distillers in Glasgow, Scotland.
Go to the "Bowmore" page for more information about Bowmore Distillery
and the sale of my collection. The new
visitor
centre is open to the public since november 2006 and houses a small part of my collection.
The rest of the collection might be displayed in Bowmore's Warehouse no.4
somewhere in the future (no details known by me though).
At the moment I only
have a small collection: the Bowmore Legend and Aged 12 Years
Tin Boxes: 31
in total.
Go to the
website.
I use to have a collection of
90 Delft Blue miniature
KLM-houses,
click on the KLM-logo to go to these pages directly.
Website © Hans Sommer
2002-2011
Doorwerth, The Netherlands
e-mail:
sir.bowmore@planet.nl
(for address-details, please e-mail me)
© no part of this website may be used
without my prior permission.
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