Bowmore Islay Award Winning Scotch Whisky
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Bowmore distillery

Bowmore is the oldest distillery on the island of Islay and no visit to the island is complete without a stop there - it is the greenest distillery in Europe.

Nobody knows Bowmore like the people who make the whisky – and our bespoke Craftsman’s Tours come highly recommended. So join the Craftsmen and enjoy the benefits of decades of expertise.

Opening Hours
Easter – June
Easter – June Monday – Saturday 09.00-17.00
Tours 10.00, 11.00, 14.00, 15.00
July – Mid September
Monday – Sunday 09.00-17.00
Tours 10.00, 11.00, 14.00, 15.00

Mid-September – Easter
Monday – Friday 09.00-17.00 ; Saturday 09.00-12.00
Monday – Friday tours : 10.00, 11.00, 14.00, 15.00
Saturday tours : 10.00

We welcome groups by prior appointment. Your visit includes a guided tour and dram.

Admission Guided Tour - £4.00 per adult, £2.00 for OAP’s. No charge for under 18’s.

Craftsman’s Tour - £22.00 per adult. Craftsman’s Tour by prior appointment.

Facilities – Free car parking, toilets, walkways ramped for wheelchairs. Also car parking and toilets for the disabled.
The Bowmore tour
There is no better tour – comprehensive, visually arresting, and well-planned, delivered with wit and nuggets of local knowledge – one gets the feeling that the tour has been speifically tailored just for you. …all the joys of the three malting floors are there to see and savor.

The mash house is one of the prettiest, boasting two huge `coppers’ for heating the water and a mash tun with a graceful canopy, hand-riveted in 1947. …A final treat is nosing the `angels share’ in the traditional warehouse - little wonder that the Queen has had a cask here since 1980.”

Graham, The Malt Advocate 2004