To celebrate the 1st October today, we’ve picked something a little more unusual than usual, something highly collectible, a rare bottling from the famous Bowmore Distillery on Islay, home of the No1 Vault Warehousing.

This Bowmore Deluxe bottling is still considered a very underrated, old Bowmore. These ‘Dumpy’ bottlings (as more they are more well known as) are now starting to be appreciated as the best ‘standard; distillery-bottled Bowmores in the last 40 years!! Basically, if you decide to open one of these, please let us know your thoughts!

This bottling also comes with it’s very cool, original, price, label and date. A mere £7.10 back in August 1978. If you were to purchase this online, it’s averages a gigantic 100 times its original value!!

The label features some sort of fire-breathing lion mermaid clutching a shield, stating that it is of ‘Good And Superior Quality’! It also states that this was distilled when Bowmore was still owned by Morrison’s Bowmore Distillery Ltd.

Why should you be in for this competition?

🥃Distilled at Bowmore, home of the No1 Vaults.
🥃Original label, price and date.
🥃Now highly collectible and rare.
🥃Considered to be the ‘best of Bowmore’.
🥃Now averaging 100 times its original RRP!

Luxury & Rare Whisky Competitions – Run By Whisky Enthusiasts On Islay, For Whisky Enthusiasts Everywhere!

Competition History

Competition has finished

Competition winner is: Richard Seldon