dmarkle Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680657/Queen-uses-bottle-WHISKY-officially-Royal-Navys-biggest-vessel-declaring-magnificent-achievement-five-year-build.html Hope it's young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpst Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Lucky ship... One of my favorite Islay distilleries (along with pretty much all the rest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680657/Queen-uses-bottle-WHISKY-officially-Royal-Navys-biggest-vessel-declaring-magnificent-achievement-five-year-build.htmlHope it's young It was this: http://www.allthingswhisky.com/?p=1230 Looks like it wasn't much of a loss. I'm embarassed to say I don't really have a ton of experience with Bowmore outside one of the basic expressions as a part of other tastings. It didn't stand out vs the peat bombs we drank after, and I forgot the name. Any recommendations from the Bowmore fans? Edited July 7, 2014 by garbanzobean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 'I name this ship... after myself' I wonder if she pounded a shot or two before she broke the bottle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 'I name this ship... after myself'I wonder if she pounded a shot or two before she broke the bottle? I expect she is more of a Dubonnet and gin drinker from what I have read. A little habit she picked up from mummy apparently! Her consort, Prince Phillip, may have had a snort or two though as a way of dealing with his mother in law from hell, that self same Queen mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpst Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'm embarassed to say I don't really have a ton of experience with Bowmore outside one of the basic expressions as a part of other tastings. It didn't stand out vs the peat bombs we drank after, and I forgot the name. Any recommendations from the Bowmore fans?I don't have much experience with Bowmore either, as my time with Islays is pretty evenly split with all the other distilleries. There's something I find that I like about each one. For example, sometimes I really enjoy the in-your-face smoke and salt and iodine from a Laphroaig. Bowmores (to me) tend to be a little more balanced with fruit (usually tropical or citrus) and honey that compliment the smoke and salt nicely. Right now I only have an independent bottling of an 11 year single cask, but I remember really enjoying their 15 year expression (which is their most heavily sherried, and therefore a bit richer and sweeter) as well as the 12 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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