Bowmore: The Making Of A Legend | How Islay’s Oldest Distillery Became A Scotch Whisky Icon

The latest documentary from Whisky Magazine, _Bowmore: The Making Of A Legend_ explores the origins of whisky making on Islay and charts the history of Bowmore Distillery from its earliest origins to today.

The Whisky Magazine team thanks the Suntory Global Spirits team, the Morrison family, and our interviewees for their support in making this film.

Want to learn more about Tim Morrison's career in whisky? Follow this link below to listen to the Whisky Legends podcast, in which Tim Morrison is interviewed by his grandson, Andy Maxwell: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Hdk84qTrqkAwq9XafkmW8?si=855681a648494801

For more information about Rachel MacNeill's Islay Whisky Academy:
https://islaywhiskyacademy.scot/

For booking enquiries at The Bowmore Hotel & Lucci's Whisky Bar: https://bowmorehotel.co.uk/

Subscribe to _Whisky Magazine_ at www.whiskymag.com

00:00-01:11 - Introduction
01:12-06:34 - Origins Of Islay Whisky
06:35-08:49 - Bowmore's Early History
08:50-12:28 - The Morrisons
12:29-17:10 - Rebuilding Bowmore
17:11-17:31 - Suntory
17:32-25:36 - How Bowmore Makes Whisky
25:37-30:12 - Bowmore From 1970s-90s
30:13-36:12 - Collecting Bowmore
36:13-38:33 - Looking To The Future