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Longmorn 16 Year (Discontinued)
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
December 12, 2017 (edited December 15, 2019)
As we continue to plow our way through all of the currently active distilleries in Scotland, we make our way to this Speyside distillery- Longmorn. This sample was graciously provided by our newest group member, @Telex. This is a distillery direct bottle of their 16 year old malt. It’s bottled at a robust and surprising 48% ABV. It’s a true golden color and produces slow-forming and short legs in the Glencairn. It’s oily as hell and clings to the glass even when it’s spun with a little force.
The predominant aroma is green apples. There’s some faint, worn leather and some rustic oak tannins hanging out as well. There’s not much alcohol on the nose and that’s great considering the higher ABV.
The palate is ridiculously hot to me with lots of oak spice and pepper. Mid sip is drying and strong but does wash away with some light, orchard fruit notes. It’s so hot, though, I felt like I had to suffer through the heat just for those light, leftover fruits. I can’t say it’s worth the pain, lol. The finish is long and dry and overwhelmed with hard, oak spice. This is a beast for a 16 year old.
Overall, I had a hard time trying to find a sweet spot to make this enjoyable. I added a healthy splash of cold water to try and tame it some, but even after 10 minutes all it did was make it harder to keep the aroma in the foreground. Even the apples faded quickly.
It’s definitely a heavy dram. It was a bit taxing on me even though I went in mentally prepared for a harder hitting, single malt. Perhaps this one needed to be cut to 40-43% to make it more palatable IMO. Thanks again, Jason for helping us tick off these distilleries. As it is, this was a 2.75 star dram. Cheers.
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@Generously_Paul: I feel for you bro. Looks like you have a shot at the playoffs. Good luck!
@Rick_M I’m a Lions fan, you have no idea of what taxing means when referring to the NFL
Last night’s Patriots game was taxing on me as well. :)
Sounds like a 56% disguised as a 48. Hope I can make it out alive