Longrow 18 Year

Nose: Dark fruits, grapes, fruit cake, peach, apricot, light but nice peat, mint. With 2 drops of water, it opens up a lot. dangerously good. Palate: sweet, oily, fruity and smoke on the background, Apple tea. Finish is long sweet and juicy. Very very recommended

N: Sweet plum M: soft, sweetish,

A minute in the glass for every year in the Cask. Never have truer words been spoken regarding my experience with this Scotch. First impression.. Bang! Medicinal and almost acrid smoke. 18 minutes later (you know what I mean) the sherry notes, fruit and sweetness are all present m. (all this on the nose) Flavor is Maple, menthol, dark fruit, cherries. You almost forget the big smoke from 40 minutes ago. This is a wonderful Scotch

Sweet, salty, sour, funky, good amounts of peat. Very similar to Springbank 18, but prefer this with its extra peat punch. Best with a splash of water and 30 mins in the glass.

This is my last sample of Longrow and is the most expensive of them all at 240 at my favorite liquor store. The last two were incredible, so very interested in what this one brings with 18 years of age. This is the 2015 release that @ctbeck11 was generous to provide a sample for me to taste. The nose starts with the breakfast all adults really want of a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios floating in a pool of sherry, then comes those sun baked green and citrus fruits (apple, pear and lemon), dark chocolate covered raisins, light peat smoke with ocean sea waves crashing over coastal rocks then old leather bound books, polished mahogany with black pepper, ginger, vanilla creme brûlée and a light ethanol burn. The taste is a very viscous mouthfeel starting with Honey Nut Cheerios, dark chocolate covered raisins then green and citrus fruit (apple, pear, lemon) then light peat smoke with ocean brine, cavern minerality, old leather and polished mahogany with ginger, mild chili and black pepper spice finishing medium length with chocolate covered raisins, black cherries, vanilla creme brûlée, old leather bound books, polished mahogany, and light peat smoke. Wow, this one just blew the other two away! Those malty notes, mixed with salty funky fruit, minerality and those old notes of leather and mahogany make this an absolute stunning dram. I put it up against the Hazelburn 13 to see if it would best it and it turns out to be a draw in flavor and viscosity, but Hazelburn would win based on VFM due to it being close to half the cost of the Longrow 18. Either way you can’t lose with either as they are both just amazing drinks.