Longrow 1974 Bond Reserve

Longrow 10 Year Old

Delicate hay color. Custard, earth, peat, dirt, vanilla wrapped caramel in the nose. Taste is similar to the aroma, but with less sweetness, and more peat smoke. It is still very well balanced though with nice tiny Band-Aid notes in the aftertaste. Overall, this is a fine Campbeltown single malt that I would surely sip again.

Score 84/100

Longrow CV

I picked up a bottle of this on a whim because it was very cheap and I've tried some Springbank before and loved it. It was a really interesting dram. There was so much going on in the nose and palate here that it was hard to figure out where it was going, a real sensory adventure.

Score 91/100

Longrow 18 Year Old

Nose: Dark brown sugar melting in butter, waiting for some bananas to hit the pan. The pseudo bananas foster note is very strong for me. Candied sweet and spicy pecans. Crisp sea water is in the air. There’s a smell that invokes the smell of your hands after a long day on the beach playing in the sand. No cliché peat-bandaids here (not that...

Score 93/100

Longrow 11 Year Old 2001 Rundlets & Kilderkins

Rundlets are 60 liter casks, while Kilderkins can hold 80 liters, which speeds up the maturation considerable, of course, since there is a lot more interaction between the spirit and the wood. These cask types were used predominantly in the 17th and 18th Century, but are merely a gimmick in this day and age. Longrow, as you are most likely aware,...

Score 87/100