Longrow Peated

N: Peat - and lots of it, landing somewhere between the medicine of Laphroaig and the perfume of Lagavulin - earthy, bit of petrichor, tar, maybe pine. Not getting much beyond the peat. Some caramel, some lemon citrus, peach, and pear. P: Caramel, sweet red fruit, vanilla, citrus, earth, pine, heather, dried flowers. F: Fruity, some tropical notes, vanilla cream, dried flowers and herbs, dash of oak. Late lingering wood spice with a touch of unexpected heat (unexpected this late). This doesn't quite live up to the classic Islay whiskies, but it's close. It's quality and a bit of a change of pace from the Islay bottles. The stone fruit nature of it is a nice change from Lagavulin's lemon notes. And this isn't as aggressively medicinal as Laphroaig (but what is, I guess). It's also got some of the flowery/heathery notes of a Highland Park, but lacks the punch of their drams, for better or worse. I guess I don't know how to think about this except in comparison to other peated Scotch. That said, it's not on par with the classic Springbanks - their originals are better than this Islay knockoff. Is what it is. ____________ Please come join an unofficial Distiller community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VSmCvzAQfH. We chat spirits (and other things) in real time while being a great resource to each other for recommendations, finding deals, and generally enjoying the journey together. (If the link is expired, please post a comment and I will provide a new one.)

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Vanilla cream nose. Balanced accent of peat, butter cream, lime and light fruits. Creamy sweat peat finish. Fantastic dram.

Sweet then smoke a second later. Nice finish.

2021 Release - this is night and day different from the 2016 I last reviewed. Nose - I rarely see gasoline peat, but this is gasoline peat! Sugar forward barely. Some cinnamon/toffee and candied cigarette sweetness. Taste - A really nice creamy mouth feel full of oddly right now laphroiag like peat vs longrow. Very earthy, but hinting on medicinal. That smokey cinnamon and toffee seems to dominate the malt vs the classic springbank sugar cookie. Drastically better than the 2016 longrow NAS but nothing world changing. I'll do 2.0. An average whisky for those of us who spend our days drinking quality malt.