Longmorn 18 Year Old The Whisky Show

Longmorn SMWS 7.198 "Sweet Summer Berries"

I give my deep thanks to @bwmccoy for the reviewed sample. SMWS 7.198 is a 24 yo Longmorn matured in a refill bourbon barrel. It was distilled 20 May 1993. 198 bottles total were produced As water-added effects go, this whisky offers some of the most extreme contrasts I have observed Nose: I gave the whisky 24 minutes to breathe prior to sampling....

Score 84/100

Longmorn 15 Year Old

The Longmorn 15 has something of a cult following ever since the distillery did away with their 15 year old in favour of a 16 year old. I’ve never tried the 16 yo, but I’m told by more than a few people that it’s a lesser whisky. Now the 15 is already phased out completely, so it’s only through good luck that my friend happened upon a bottle of 15...

Score 88/100

Longmorn 1972 GM for LMdW, cask 1088

This Longmorn was put to sleep on a sherry cask as the color immediately points out. It was probably a first fill oloroso cask. It’s 34 years old when it’s bottled by independent bottler Gordon & Macphail for the reknowned French whiskyshop La Maison du Whisky. The outturn of this single cask, number 1088, was 607 bottles. The nose is a deep...

Score 91/100

Longmorn 23 Year Old 1983 Daily Dram

Longmorn can be found in the heart of Speyside, a stone’s throw away from BenRiach. They even share warehouses to spread the risk in case of a fire. Today, the distillery is owned by Pernod-Ricard and produces around 3.5 million liters of spirit per annum. Since 2007 the 16 Year Old is their flagship malt. We, however, will be trying an...

Score 86/100