Longrow 2001 11 Year Old Rundlets & Kilderkins

Longrow CV

I would make room for this malt in my whiskey time capsule easy! If you have necer had Longrow before, this is the one to start with. It is an ambassador for the Cambletown (what's left of it) region that represents itsself with style, finess and power. A peaty, briny beauty of a malt, that is surprising in its complexity and a real revelation for...

Score 90/100

Longrow Red

As you may know, there are three brands distilled at Springbank: Hazelburn, Springbank and Longrow. Longrow is the peatier version - in fact, all of the barley that goes into Longrow is peat dried (and strictly double distilled, unlike its two stablemates). The brand was an experiment first distilled in 1973 (but not brought to market), named...

Score 73/100

Longrow Peated

Longrow peated is produced at the Springbank distillery in Cambletown. It is non chill filtered, non age statement as seems to be the current trend. Thankfully no caramel is added and this is obvious as it's a very pale spirit. Springbank started Longrow in 1973 as a project to produce a peated Whisky. The first Longrow hit the shelves around 1990...

Score 84/100

Longrow CV

Tasted a glass of the CV tonight at the pub. It is perhaps a flawed dram in terms of the way all of the elements comingle in the glass, but I was charmed by it. The smoke is quite nice and I was surprised that I enjoyed the tequila-like overtones. Yes, they are in the dram, but they don't overpower. Neither was I off-put by the phantom hint of...

Score 86/100