55°45′25.7″N 6°17′23.44″W / 55.757139°N 6.2898444°W
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| Region: Islay | |
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| Owner | Suntory Global Spirits |
| Founded | 1779 |
| Status | Operational |
| Water source | River Laggan, Islay |
| No. of stills | 2 wash 2 spirit[1] |
| Capacity | 1,700,000 L |
| Bowmore | |
| Age(s) | Legend 12-year-old 15-year-old 18-year-old 25-year-old |
| Cask type(s) | American Oak (86%) Sherry (14%) |
Bowmore distillery (/boʊˈmɔːr/ boh-MOR, Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-staile Bogh Mòr)[2] is a Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery located on the Isle of Islay, an island of the Inner Hebrides.[3]
The distillery, which lies on the South Eastern shore of Loch Indaal, is one of the oldest in Scotland. It is said to have been established in 1779 and is the oldest running distillery on Islay.[3] The distillery is owned by Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd, a holding company owned by Suntory Global Spirits, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. Morrison Bowmore also own the Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch distilleries and produce the McClelland's Single Malt range of bottlings.[3]
- ^ Bowmore distillery on whisky.com
- ^ "Bogh Mòr, Ìle, a' coimhead dhan Eaglais Chruinn". Am Baile (in Scottish Gaelic). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Morrice, Philip (1983). The Schweppes Guide To Scotch. Sherborne, Dorset, England: Alphabooks. pp. 340–342. ISBN 0-906670-29-2.