Bowmore Legend of the Phantom Horseman Limited Edition Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40.0% ABV - rare old bottling from the year 1997 of the Bowmore limited legend series
Rare old bottling of a Bowmore Legend Legend of the Phantom Horseman limited Edition Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky and the 5th release from the year 1998. 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 Legend of the Phantom Horseman:
Legend has it that Lachlan Bàn, an Islay crofter, was returning home one stormy night when, through the darkness, he saw a ghostly sight. The silhouette of a headless horseman galloping away from his house. Lachlan turned pale.
On entering the house, Lachlan felt an eerie coldness. The fire he had left blazing, only an hour before, had gone out. In the middle of the stone floor was a circular damp stain, and on the table stood an opened bottle of Bowmore Malt whisky with a large dram missing. What kind of creature had visited?
Accepting gifts, even Bowmore whisky, from such a fearful intruder could only lead to misfortune thought Lachlan. So he threw the bottle out into the wet night, bolting the door behind him, and spent a troubled night listening to the howls of the wind and the rattling of the windows, fearful for his life. The next night at the local Inn Lachlan related the frightening tale to a hushed group of locals.
The following week Lachlan's brother called to him. "Lachlan, I passed last Friday night during that dreadful storm. The wind had forced your door open and blown out the fire, I brought a bottle of Bowmore to share with you, but I couldn't wait long, so I took a quick dram and rode for home with my cloak pulled tight over my head to keep out the rain." Too embarrassed to tell, Lachlan never related the true story to the villagers.
To this day, no true Ileach offers an opened bottle of whisky to guests. A fresh bottle is always opened and the cork thrown into the fire so that the guest can be sure that the headless horseman has not returned....Or is it just an excuse for another dram of Bowmore?
- Colour: light gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Islay / Location: Rothes
- Vintage: 1989/1990
- Age: 8 years old
- Year bottled: 1998
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Casks
- Alcohol ABV% 40.0
- chill filtered / coloured
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Bottling Series: Legend Limited Edition - 5th Release 1998
- Label: Seagull-Label with 3 icons backlabel
- Packaging with tin (tin with small dents)
- Producer/Importer: Bowmore Distillery, Bowmore, Islay, PA43 7JS, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, number unknown - rare collector´s whisky!
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