School Street
Bowmore
Isle of Islay
Argyll PA43 7JS
Operating
Founded 1779 by John Simpson
Bowmore is one of the few distilleries still producing its own floormalted barley. The stillhouse holds 4 stills. The water is from the Laggan River, about 8 miles away.
The hot water from the distillation process is used to heat a swimmingpool in one of the old warehousebuildings.
Bowmore’s distillery mouser, Smoky, was one of the most famous mousers: Amongst the seven most beautiful cats in GB, appearing in the “Literary Cat Calender 2000”, and subject of a poem written by Robin Laing!
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