The Nectar of the Daily Drams (/Daily Dram) is the name of a range of whiskies bottled by The Nectar (Belgian whisky importer and distributor) together with the Dutch importer Bresser & Timmer. The Nectar’s Mario Groteklaes is responsible for the cask selection. These bottles are aimed at the BeNeLux market so our country gets a solid number of bottles available. The series has been around for several years (2006) and recently got a facelift that made the name from the range change from Daily Dram into The Nectar of the Daily Drams.
The Bowmore distillery is one of the oldest in Scotland, founded in 1779, and built in the famous village of the same name on the island of Islay, on the coast of Loch Indaal. Bowmore is Gaelic for ‘Grand Reef’. She takes her water from the Laggan River and is one of the few distilleries with its own floor maltings. Bowmore is very proud of that tradition. The current owner is Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd, which itself is part of the Japanese group Suntory (of Yamazaki fame), who also owns Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch. Bowmore has a range of various whiskies of all ages and finishes. The whisky, although from the Queen of the Hebrides, is milder than its cousins, such as Ardbeg or Lagavulin. The whisky matures in the reknowned Bowmore Vaults, moist warehouse cellars below sea level, where it takes on its definitive character.