The Bowmore maltmen carefully steep the barley in natural Islay water sourced from the Laggan River. The damp barley is then spread over the malt barn floors using traditional barley barrows.

For five days the maltmen tend to the precious barley day and night. To ensure consistent germination, the barley is turned by hand using wooden shovels every four hours. Only years of experience can determine when the barley is just perfect for kilning.

The maltmen have hand selected five casks from the distillery vaults to produce this limited edition ‘Maltmen's Selection”.From all the casks quietly maturing at Bowmore Distillery they have selected five sherry butts originally filled with the clear Bowmore spirit on the 13th of July 1995.

Cask numbers 1551, 1552, 1553, 1559 & 1560 were selected for their individual character and married together to produce this 13 year old single malt of quite outstanding character.

Bottled straight from the casks at the natural cask strength of 54.6% alc, the final result is fabulous. A round luscious example of Bowmore with incredibly rich fruits and smoked oak chips.

The Bowmore maltmen are very proud of this unique Bowmore Single Malt Whisky, to such an extent that each bottle has been individually numbered and they have added their signature below as testament to its quality.