Iain McCallum vividly remembers the day when a shipment of rare mizunara oak casks arrived at the Bowmore distillery from Suntory in Tokyo. At the time, McCallum was the leader of Bowmore’s ...

After making Scotch for the last 236 years, one might think that Bowmore has run out of new ideas. On the contrary, the brand, based on the tiny, wind-swept island of Islay off the west coast of ...

Visitors to Bowmore’s No. 1 Vaults on the blustery Islay shores of Loch Indaal can feel the caress of the gentle saltwater spray that helps give this single malt its character. A precious few of these ...

Bowmore’s experiment with Japanese mizunara oak barrels comes off wonderfully. Subscriptions; Log In Manage Profile Change Password Manage Logins ...

Chivas Regal, Mizunara Scotch Whisky, 40% ABV, 750 ml, $45 The color is a rich gold. On the nose, there are notes of pear and peach, along with some cotton candy, followed by some caramel and vanilla.

The whiskies of Scotland and Japan have intertwined in business and now they are mixing their flavors as well. Bowmore, founded in 1779, is the oldest distillery on Islay, but is now owned by Beam ...

Beam Suntory's Islay whisky distillery, Bowmore, has launched a no-age-statement expression matured in casks made from mizunara, a Japanese oak.

This victory lap for the Bowmore-Aston Martin collaboration is the sequel to 2022’s ARC-52 release, a 52-year-old single malt distilled in 1969. That edition was limited to 100 bottles; ...

To create Bowmore Mizunara Cask Finish, a selection of the very finest Mizunara oak casks handcrafted in Japan embarked on the 9,600 kilometre journey across two oceans to Islay before being laid ...

The finished product, Bowmore Mizunara, spent about three years in Japanese oak; and though it bears no age statement, McCallum says it is between 15 and 25 years old. Only 2,000 bottles have been ...

The Bowmore-Aston Martin partnership is coming to an amicable close, but they’re dropping the mic with ARC-54, the second and final installment in their ARC series.

Iain McCallum vividly remembers the day when a shipment of rare mizunara oak casks arrived at the Bowmore distillery from Suntory in Tokyo. At the time, McCallum was the leader of Bowmore’s blending ...