An absolute gem of a whisky here, Longrow 18 year old is a double distilled, heavily peated single malt from Springbank distillery in Campbeltown. Longrow was first created as an experiment to make a peated whisky in Campbeltown, but its popularity grew thanks to its brazen, muscular character.
Apple peels, and smoke. Earthy peat, damp leaves, notes of truffle, woodshed, porridge oats and soot.
Peaty with notes of spicy. Very oily, with hints of orange zest, pepper and chili. Very "big". Kippers, smoked meats and honey.
Spicy and oily, with notes of dark, earthy peaty.
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When you open the bottle, a rich, deeply complex, dense but characterful sherry whisky. It took a month to open up inside the bottle for the "damp leaf", autumn air impressions to emerge out of the balanced yet rigid cloak of malty sherryness and become noticable to me. A waxy herbaciousness, lacquered conifers, sometimes menthol while breathing in... Definitely worth buying. I wish I had the money for a another bottle to compare next year, but that's uni life!
