Bowmore Legend of the Blacksmith and the Fairies Limited Edition Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40.0% ABV - rare old bottling from the year 2004 of the Bowmore limited legend series
Rare old bottling of a Bowmore Legend of the Blacksmith and the Fairies limited Edition Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky and the 11th release from the year 2004. This limited edition of the Bowmore Legend was presented by Bowmore in the years 1994 to 2006 in a total of 13 issues with yearly changing motifs in relief print in a metal-tin on the market. On the elaborately designed and embossed metal tins, a legend of Islay Island was presented in English. The limited bottlings were available for the international and a version for the Italian market, which partly had a slightly deviant design and bottles with age indication (8Years) of the Bowmore Legend.
Today almost all versions from this limited edition with the decorative tin are rarely found and the most popular bottlings among collectors.
The Story of the Blacksmith and the Fairies from Ian Og IIe:
A long time ago - so the legend goes - a blacksmith lived high on the Rhinns of Islay, with fine views across Loch Indaal to Bowmore. His one son laboured hard with him in his forge. Suddenly, the son fell ill. He lay on his bed, getting thinner, but eating more and more. No one knew what was wrong. One day, an old man famous for his wisdom walked into the forge, and over a dram of old Bowmore whisky, the smith told him about his son.
'It is not your son you have got!' the old man cried immediately. 'Evil fairies have taken him to the fairy hill, leaving a changeling - a fairy impostor - in his place! But fear not, I'll help you rescue him!'
On the next full moon, he said, the fairy hill would be open. He told the smith to approach on that night, armed with a dagger and a cockerel that would crow loudly and readily. The smith did so, and drew near the fairy hill in the moonlight. He approached the entrance, and following the old man's instructions, thrust the dagger into it, to stop it closing on him. The fairies shrieked when he entered, furious he had dared enter their realm. But he saw his son labouring at the fairy forge and cried 'I want my son and I will not go without him!'
The fairies cackled loudly at this, maddening the cockerel. It flapped its wings wildly and crowed loud and long - incensing the fairies further. They seized the smith and his son, threw them out of the hill and flung the dagger after them. The hillside closed over. And from that day on, the smith and his son laboured at their forge, creating wonderful weapons, the like of which had never been seen beyond the fairy realm.
- Colour: light gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Islay / Location: Rothes
- Vintage: 1995/1996
- Age: 8 years old
- Year bottled: 2004
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 40.0
- Bottling Series: Legend Limited Edition - 11th Release 2004
- chill filtered / coloured
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Bottling serie: Legend limited Edition - 11th Release
- Label: Seagull-Label with 3 icons backlabel
- Packaging with tin (tin with small dents)
- Producer/Importeur: Bowmore Distillery, Bowmore, Islay, PA43 7JS, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, number unknown - rare collector´s whisky!
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