GalleryBowmore Distillery

out of 100 points
based on 3 reviews
No. 1 out of 1 Museum / Exhibition / Gallery in Bowmore

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out of 100
Overall rating includes:
50
Accessibility
90
"Must See"-Factor
80
Budget Friendliness
100
Architecture
97
Concept
95
Exhibits
95
Relevance

Address Shore Street
Bowmore, Islay
PA43 7JS

Telephone: +44(1496)810441

Websites

Official Homepage
Hotels nearby

Surroundings

Loch Gruinart RSPB nature reserve
(5.2 miles)
Islay Airport
(5.3 miles)

External reviews Museum / Exhibition / Gallery Bowmore DistilleryAll external reviews

_Other offline-travelg uide

90%

excellent

There are "many" distilleries in Scotland which is "famed [...] all over the world" for its whisky. Bowmore is among the "earliest and least modernised" distilleries. Situated on the west-coast of Islay, a "remote" location on the shore of Loch Indaal, it was built in 1779 and has had "just five owners" in the ensuing 200+ years. The author remarks on the fact that the techniques used to produce whisky there are "identical to those" of the "earliest days". Bowmore has "stayed true to its history", notably in employing a maltman who still "turn[s] the barley [...] using a specially designed [more]

Private website

80%

excellent

Form the "white washed" distillery of Bowmore ("capital of Islay"), the visitor has access to "a lovely view of the pier". The visit starts "from the shop" where a lot of items are on sale, "the nectar itself" of course, but also clothing and "related" books. In Bowmore, visitors can see a "working malting floor", as here you are shown "he entire production process" and for this writer "there is nothing better". Another "delight" is how accessible the distillery is, event though it wasn't "build with visitors in mind", which means every part of the production can be "looked upon well" and p [more]