Is it worth the price?
BOWMORE 12 Years Old is an Islay single malt Scotch from the Bowmore distillery, bottled at 12 years old. Tasters score it 4.2 out of 5 across 5 reviews. It is tracked at 3 retailers, ranging from €41.65 to €69.00, while the valuation model estimates a fair price of around €106.76. That is 0.39× the model estimate — well below the quality-predicted price, and one of the clearer value picks in the data. Of the 6 Bowmore bottlings priced here, this is the strongest value.
Retailers tracked
| Retailer | Price |
|---|---|
| whisky.fr | €41.65 |
| topdrinks | €41.95 |
| whiskylodge | €69.00 |
How we got this number
The valuation model predicts a price from this bottling's inputs. The multiple is the actual market price divided by that prediction.
- Rating
- 4.20 / 5
- Age
- 12yo
- Region
- Islay
- Distillery tier
- Premium
- Predicted price
- €106.76
- Actual price (median)
- €41.95
- Multiple
- 0.39×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem (≤ 0.80×)
Methodology estimate
The deterministic model from methodology.md: production cost per litre × bottle size, plus maturation cost per year, plus a cask premium, times an ABV factor — then multiplied by a quality grade summed across six 0–3 axes.
- Production (€0.18/cl × 70 cl)
- €12.60
- Maturation (12 × €1.20/year)
- €21.64
- Cask premium (undeclared)
- +€0.00
- × ABV factor
- ×1.00
- Cost floor
- €34.24
- Process distinctnesspartial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting; sea-warehouse maturation2 / 3
- Cask provenancecask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt0 / 3
- Bottling integrity40.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed0 / 3
- OwnershipBeam Suntory — production-led corporate1 / 3
- Heritagefounded 1779 (247 years of operation)3 / 3
- Reputation4.2/5 across 5 reviews2 / 3
- Quality score
- 8 / 18
- Quality multiplier
- ×1.67
- Intrinsic value
- €57.07
- Actual price (median)
- €41.95
- Multiple
- 0.74×
- Verdict band
- hidden gem
Maturation context
Islay · rolling 12 months: 1,867 mm at Dippen (53 km). Scotland W rolling 12-month rainfall2,524 mm, +43.70% vs 1995-2024 median.
Other bottlings from Bowmore
- BOWMORE 15 Years Old €88.50 · 0.58×
- BOWMORE 12 Years Old Sherry Oak Cask €63.50 · 0.65×
- BOWMORE 13 Years Old 2012 Thompson Bros €89.90 · 0.70×
- BOWMORE 18 Years Old €104.95 · 0.71×
- BOWMORE 21 Years Old 1988 €490.00 · 1.60×