Wade, I had to add a little water to mine, about 2 ml and it's taken me about 6 months before I really liked the dram. It seems the longer the bottle is exposed to oxidation, the better it gets. I like Kilkerran 12 much more for about the same price. Great review buddy. Rob
I was the same with the Kilkerran 12 it was not my favorite but about half way through the bottle it opened up or died down and it was a lot more enjoyable. Slainte
I had reservations about Longrow Peated but as you have pointed out, the other Campbeltown offerings are pricey beyond comprehension and in most cases, nowhere to be found other than secondary mkt and auction houses. What little shows up disappears in minutes. I got a bottle of this in late 2023 and have it on the go at the moment. It has really surprised me right from the go. Your nosing and tasting notes are on the money. My bottle has only gotten better over the last few months. I believe this is around 9 years old. Great dram!
Agree with you Wade, this is a superb whisky. It's more of a fruit monster than a peat monster, but the peat balances the palette beautifully. So glad you put the cork back in before you dropped the bottle! That was stuff of nightmares! 😁
Many thanks once more, mate! My favourite whisky shop just got fresh Springbanks and after your review i decided to buy this one among other stuff. We compared it friday night with the Uigeadail and the Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2012. Both are bolder, the Ugi with all it´s bacon and the PC with this rugged peat. The Longrow is a nice, charming and a somehow even quiet whisky in comparison. Maybe it will open up over time, but so far it has nothing to do with the fruit monster described in the comments here. To be precise, it´s as far from anything monstrous as possible and that´s a good thing. This is how i summarize it: there´s no need to talk at length about this little, nice, very golden, very tasty whisky. I will talk way longer about the Ugi and the PC - and sipping the Longrow while doing so. Recommendation from what i bought lately, i think this one would be for you, should you get your hands on down there: The Gordon&Macphail 11 year Bunnahabhain from their discovery series, purple box for sherry cask. It has this indescribable Bunna-thing going on, it´s not expensive (€50 here in germany), it´s charming, it´s simple and it´s delicious - just like the Longrow, minus the peat.
I'm a big fan of the Sherry Peat combo hence I too love Uigeadail and rate it above this Longrow for that very reason. The Port Charlotte too is fantastic Islay whisky with a higher ABV than this Longrow and I don't disagree with you that those two are better than this. The Longrow NAS reminds me quite a lot of the Lagavulin 12 in how it's presented, albeit not at cask strength. Thank you for the recommendation, I will keep my eyes out for that one!
Seems like you're absolutely blown away by this one 😀 I actually never had a Springbank or Longrow or Hazelburn in my glass during my whole drinking career... No matter how good they might be, they're just too expensive in my opinion. By the way... there are so many glasses - as you presented in your video - but at the end of the day we always return to our Glencairns 😂
Haha good observation! I mainly do this to switch it up between videos so it's not repetitive with the glassware. Might look too pretentious if I am always drinking out of the Samaroli!! Now I mainly rotate the Glencairn, the Stolzle, the Samaroli and the Denver & Liely. Yes these whiskies are expensive and value is subjective. I hope you get to try them at a reasonable price one day as they are great whiskies to enjoy!
Good catch there, Wade.🤭 Not my term but I agree with whoever first suggested linseed oil for Longrow Peated. It has more of a mineral oil peatiness rather than ashy, for me. Very good complexity and interplay of flavours. Cheers!
Sounds brilliant! I bought this on my visit to Germany for €40 but the delivery driver didn’t deliver it and sent it back! I was fuuuuming! 😢😂 now I’m back in the uk and can’t find it
Nice one Wade, I think this is a brilliant whisky. I really enjoy the simple yet delicious character of Longrow and definitely a great buy for the price. Cheers my man 🥃
Great review...looks like you liked it😉👍. Not tried it yet, but I have a bottle that I got my hands on when it was released here in Sweden a while ago, really looking forwardto crack it open. But it's a big difference in price, I payed 652skr ($88 AUD)
Thanks for watching Adrian! Glad it's helpful mate 🥃 As an Aussie I always found it frustrating watching other channels and only hearing about prices of bottles in USD / GBP / EUR and not really having a solid reference point so glad it's helpful to fellow Australians 😊
@McIntyresMalts I have an unopened bottle of 2011 Lark Distiller's Selection Limited Release Port Cask. I'm not sure if I should open it or keep it as collectable?
Just tried a sample of the Longrow Red 13 Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. Lovely. Very lightly peated though, expected more on that regard. It was still excellent though, I would love to try other Longrow expressions.
Nice job Wade. This is a good one for sure. I still don't get a lot of peat from it and I was expecting more, but maybe I am going a little peat blind. Cheers!
Longrow Peated is 50-55ppm, but that's an input figure, and a lot of that peat influence is lost in the various processes by which it is made into whisky--for example, most of the peat smoke goes to the barley husks, which are later removed. Peat is also lost at almost every subsequent step from distillation cuts, barrel aging, etc. There are Islay peated whiskies like Ardbeg 10 (~45ppm) with a lower input ppm but that show a greater peat influence in the finished/bottled whisky. There's also the different aromatic properties of peat from different sources. It's quite a can of worms/many-dimensional. As with so much of e.g. business process metrics, numbers may give the illusion of precision and accuracy, yet can sometimes mislead. Alternately there's simple/direct but analogue experience: learning that peat in Longrow seems to have different properties from that used by many other distilleries.
Thanks for the video really enjoying your review, but it would be nice to know which batch you are testing. I bought four bottles of this in the last year. They were all from 2023 but three different batch dates the two I got recently. Were from.14/11/23 and that batch is amazing, but I just finished a bottle that was equally I think as good and it was batch date 01/09/23 And I’m sorry to hear how much you have to pay for your whiskey down there. The most I’ve paid is $97 Canadian for the longrow.
Great review again Wade, you’ve got me salivating atm. Need to go and pour a dram of something 🤤🤤🥃. Not had a Longrow, or for that matter Springbank or Hazelburn. Which is obviously why I don’t understand the hype around it. Mind you there’s not much around here in Oz. Just gotta look out for it. 🤔🤔. Again keep up the great content, Slàinte Mhath 🥃
Was able to pick one of these up in the latest AWA auction under $160, which is pretty reasonable I thought. Looking forward to opening when it arrives, hope I get the reaction you did on opening. 🥃😎 Slàinte
@@Whisky_Mason Yes I saw that and almost bought another bottle myself! Some great prices on a lot of bottles on the last AWA! You did well mate, probably wouldn't find it cheaper than that!
They appear from time to time if you know where to look. World of Whisky has some currently, set up as a member for free and get 10% off, close to the price I mentioned in the video Nicks and Skull & Barrel have loads of other expressions, but they aren't cheap.
@@McIntyresMalts 48pounds from Springbank (AU$93) someone is making a tidy profit, I assume the taxman with our outrageous taxes on alcohol, but it can't be the full story. USA gets it for US$90 (AU$138).
Any Springbank expression in Oz be prepared to pay well over 200 its the hand we have been dealt here in Oz its all overpriced....sucks@@McIntyresMalts
How on earth @McIntyre’s Malts did you save that glass from smashing 😮. I just lost my last dram of Single Cask Nation Glen Garioch and a glass that was sentimental for me, after catching it with an elbow and smashing on floor tiles 😢
Thanks for the video really enjoying your review, but it would be nice to know which batch you are testing. I bought four bottles of this in the last year. They were all from 2023 but three different batch dates the two I got recently. Were from.14/11/23 and that batch is amazing, but I just finished a bottle that was equally I think as good and it was batch date 01/09/23 And I’m sorry to hear how much you have to pay for your whiskey down there. The most I’ve paid is $97 Canadian for the longrow.
This one and Port Charlotte 10 are my favorite peated core range bottles. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers Wade
Yes these two are excellent go to drams!
Wade, I had to add a little water to mine, about 2 ml and it's taken me about 6 months before I really liked the dram. It seems the longer the bottle is exposed to oxidation, the better it gets. I like Kilkerran 12 much more for about the same price. Great review buddy. Rob
Thanks mate, I have an unopened bottle of Kilkerran 12, may be a good versus in a few months time.
I was the same with the Kilkerran 12 it was not my favorite but about half way through the bottle it opened up or died down and it was a lot more enjoyable. Slainte
I had reservations about Longrow Peated but as you have pointed out, the other Campbeltown offerings are pricey beyond comprehension and in most cases, nowhere to be found other than secondary mkt and auction houses. What little shows up disappears in minutes. I got a bottle of this in late 2023 and have it on the go at the moment. It has really surprised me right from the go. Your nosing and tasting notes are on the money. My bottle has only gotten better over the last few months. I believe this is around 9 years old. Great dram!
Very happy that we have both been able to grab a bottle! I look forward to how mine opens up over the coming months 🥃
Agree with you Wade, this is a superb whisky. It's more of a fruit monster than a peat monster, but the peat balances the palette beautifully. So glad you put the cork back in before you dropped the bottle! That was stuff of nightmares! 😁
Haha I know, did you see my face!! 😂😂😂
Great review Wade, I'll be visiting springbank in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to my first taste of longrow!
Lucky! Have an awesome time!!
Many thanks once more, mate! My favourite whisky shop just got fresh Springbanks and after your review i decided to buy this one among other stuff. We compared it friday night with the Uigeadail and the Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2012. Both are bolder, the Ugi with all it´s bacon and the PC with this rugged peat. The Longrow is a nice, charming and a somehow even quiet whisky in comparison. Maybe it will open up over time, but so far it has nothing to do with the fruit monster described in the comments here. To be precise, it´s as far from anything monstrous as possible and that´s a good thing.
This is how i summarize it: there´s no need to talk at length about this little, nice, very golden, very tasty whisky. I will talk way longer about the Ugi and the PC - and sipping the Longrow while doing so.
Recommendation from what i bought lately, i think this one would be for you, should you get your hands on down there: The Gordon&Macphail 11 year Bunnahabhain from their discovery series, purple box for sherry cask. It has this indescribable Bunna-thing going on, it´s not expensive (€50 here in germany), it´s charming, it´s simple and it´s delicious - just like the Longrow, minus the peat.
I'm a big fan of the Sherry Peat combo hence I too love Uigeadail and rate it above this Longrow for that very reason. The Port Charlotte too is fantastic Islay whisky with a higher ABV than this Longrow and I don't disagree with you that those two are better than this.
The Longrow NAS reminds me quite a lot of the Lagavulin 12 in how it's presented, albeit not at cask strength.
Thank you for the recommendation, I will keep my eyes out for that one!
Came back to this video, finally got a bottle of this at auction. Trying jt for first time along with the video. It is absolutely fantastic.
Great to hear! I’m so glad you scored a bottle and enjoy it!
Great review! I agree, it is a very good bottle. I got this very interesting note of diesel-smoked caramel on the nose. Cheers, Wade!
Thanks for watching! That's a nice note too!
Come for the thorough review of the peated whisky made at Springbank that you can actually find; stay for the terrifying jump scare in the intro ... 🤣
Haha you can see the genuine fear and terror thinking the bottle was about to shatter
Seems like you're absolutely blown away by this one 😀 I actually never had a Springbank or Longrow or Hazelburn in my glass during my whole drinking career... No matter how good they might be, they're just too expensive in my opinion. By the way... there are so many glasses - as you presented in your video - but at the end of the day we always return to our Glencairns 😂
Haha good observation! I mainly do this to switch it up between videos so it's not repetitive with the glassware. Might look too pretentious if I am always drinking out of the Samaroli!!
Now I mainly rotate the Glencairn, the Stolzle, the Samaroli and the Denver & Liely.
Yes these whiskies are expensive and value is subjective. I hope you get to try them at a reasonable price one day as they are great whiskies to enjoy!
Congrats on 2k Wade!! Keep it up man! I bought a bottle of this a couple years ago and still haven't opened it.... not sure why lol. Great vid my man!
Thank you Freed!! Open it bro, drink it along with this video and let me know what you think of it! 🥃
Another great review Wade! Keep,them coming. I’m a fan of this bottle too.Cheers.
More to come!
Cheers Zedman 🥃
Good catch there, Wade.🤭 Not my term but I agree with whoever first suggested linseed oil for Longrow Peated. It has more of a mineral oil peatiness rather than ashy, for me. Very good complexity and interplay of flavours. Cheers!
I need to go nose some linseed oil to get my reference point and see if I can then detect it too. Thanks mate!
Sounds brilliant! I bought this on my visit to Germany for €40 but the delivery driver didn’t deliver it and sent it back! I was fuuuuming! 😢😂 now I’m back in the uk and can’t find it
Gutted! That was a good price. Hope you find another one!
Nice one Wade, I think this is a brilliant whisky. I really enjoy the simple yet delicious character of Longrow and definitely a great buy for the price. Cheers my man 🥃
Yep, cannot fault how enjoyable this one is. Glad I opened it! Hope you are well my brother 🥃
No needs more review after the « ho yesssss »Good job wade almost 2k ! With good reviews like that your going to reach 10k soon
Cheers 🥃
Thank you my friend 🥃🙌
Hey Wade
Smells good sounds good Peated!! ? 😫
Good u loved it mate!! 👍🏻🥃
Yep, heavily peated! If you like the sound of this without the peat, you may enjoy the Hazelburn 10!
@@McIntyresMalts tks!
Great review...looks like you liked it😉👍. Not tried it yet, but I have a bottle that I got my hands on when it was released here in Sweden a while ago, really looking forwardto crack it open. But it's a big difference in price, I payed 652skr ($88 AUD)
Great price! I wish we could get for that kind of value 🧞♂️
Love your channel. I'm in Windsor, Brisbane, so it's great to see what's available and prices.
Thanks for watching Adrian! Glad it's helpful mate 🥃
As an Aussie I always found it frustrating watching other channels and only hearing about prices of bottles in USD / GBP / EUR and not really having a solid reference point so glad it's helpful to fellow Australians 😊
@McIntyresMalts I have an unopened bottle of 2011 Lark Distiller's Selection Limited Release Port Cask. I'm not sure if I should open it or keep it as collectable?
@@adrianball5670 I can't answer that for you my friend, whisky investment isn't my forte whisky flavours are 😉
Hi Wade. One springbank I can actually find and at a decent ( for springbank prices anyway) price. Glad your enjoying your bottle. Slàinte Wade 🥃
It’s really good isn’t it!
@@McIntyresMalts yes it sure is.
Just tried a sample of the Longrow Red 13 Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. Lovely. Very lightly peated though, expected more on that regard. It was still excellent though, I would love to try other Longrow expressions.
That one sounds delicious 🤤
I agree they feel light on in the peat influence but it may just be cause I overdo it on the peated whiskies.
@@McIntyresMalts Same here. but still it was a beautiful dram. I remember thinking "Springbank is definitely the best distillery" when drinking it.
Nice job Wade. This is a good one for sure. I still don't get a lot of peat from it and I was expecting more, but maybe I am going a little peat blind. Cheers!
Hey Peter, yes I don't get much on the nose, but I get smoke on the palate, not so much an earthy peat at all.
Longrow Peated is 50-55ppm, but that's an input figure, and a lot of that peat influence is lost in the various processes by which it is made into whisky--for example, most of the peat smoke goes to the barley husks, which are later removed. Peat is also lost at almost every subsequent step from distillation cuts, barrel aging, etc. There are Islay peated whiskies like Ardbeg 10 (~45ppm) with a lower input ppm but that show a greater peat influence in the finished/bottled whisky. There's also the different aromatic properties of peat from different sources. It's quite a can of worms/many-dimensional. As with so much of e.g. business process metrics, numbers may give the illusion of precision and accuracy, yet can sometimes mislead. Alternately there's simple/direct but analogue experience: learning that peat in Longrow seems to have different properties from that used by many other distilleries.
@@jbar6284 Beautifully explained, thank you my friend!
Man, you're face after you dropped the bottle is priceless!! Like it was the Holy Grail!! 🤣🤣🤣 Cheers!
Haha I know right! I thought I looked so funny it was a good way to start the video 🤣
Thanks for the video really enjoying your review, but it would be nice to know which batch you are testing. I bought four bottles of this in the last year. They were all from 2023 but three different batch dates the two I got recently. Were from.14/11/23 and that batch is amazing, but I just finished a bottle that was equally I think as good and it was batch date 01/09/23
And I’m sorry to hear how much you have to pay for your whiskey down there. The most I’ve paid is $97 Canadian for the longrow.
Yeah prices are nuts here unfortunately.
Great review again Wade, you’ve got me salivating atm. Need to go and pour a dram of something 🤤🤤🥃. Not had a Longrow, or for that matter Springbank or Hazelburn. Which is obviously why I don’t understand the hype around it. Mind you there’s not much around here in Oz. Just gotta look out for it. 🤔🤔. Again keep up the great content, Slàinte Mhath 🥃
They are great whiskies and would be even better if they were priced more in line with whiskies of a similar age statement and calibre.
Was able to pick one of these up in the latest AWA auction under $160, which is pretty reasonable I thought. Looking forward to opening when it arrives, hope I get the reaction you did on opening. 🥃😎 Slàinte
@@Whisky_Mason Yes I saw that and almost bought another bottle myself! Some great prices on a lot of bottles on the last AWA!
You did well mate, probably wouldn't find it cheaper than that!
Best opening ever! Hahahahahaahah
Yeah I almost had a heart attack!
Never seen any Longrow expressions in Australia 😞
They appear from time to time if you know where to look.
World of Whisky has some currently, set up as a member for free and get 10% off, close to the price I mentioned in the video
Nicks and Skull & Barrel have loads of other expressions, but they aren't cheap.
@@McIntyresMalts Thanks for the heads up but for over AU$200 will give it a miss.
@@MordorsMalts Fair enough mate, you may be able to get if you are lucky at $180, but if you ever want a bottle expect to pay $200 unfortunately.
@@McIntyresMalts 48pounds from Springbank (AU$93) someone is making a tidy profit, I assume the taxman with our outrageous taxes on alcohol, but it can't be the full story. USA gets it for US$90 (AU$138).
Any Springbank expression in Oz be prepared to pay well over 200 its the hand we have been dealt here in Oz its all overpriced....sucks@@McIntyresMalts
How on earth @McIntyre’s Malts did you save that glass from smashing 😮. I just lost my last dram of Single Cask Nation Glen Garioch and a glass that was sentimental for me, after catching it with an elbow and smashing on floor tiles 😢
I put this one down to just pure luck it didn't break!
Woah, getting more lux mate😅
A few gems on the way 😉
You have to have a taste for whisky, to appreciate whisky
100% . When you have a taste for it, you begin to truly understand what this wonderful spirit has to offer 😊
Thanks for the video really enjoying your review, but it would be nice to know which batch you are testing. I bought four bottles of this in the last year. They were all from 2023 but three different batch dates the two I got recently. Were from.14/11/23 and that batch is amazing, but I just finished a bottle that was equally I think as good and it was batch date 01/09/23
And I’m sorry to hear how much you have to pay for your whiskey down there. The most I’ve paid is $97 Canadian for the longrow.
My bottle batch code is 01.07.22 22/138