Up next up in our peaty miniatures sampling was an opportunity to revisit Longrow from Campbeltown.

I will admit to a certain fondness for the lone Campbeltown distillery with their trio of styles:

• Springbank – Most enjoyable dram… including a remarkable 1996 sample
• Hazelburn – Their un-peated range. Had a most enjoyable evening with a Hazelburn 12 year. Still regret missing an opportunity to purchase their 8 year 1st bottling!
• Longrow – Their peatier range, once upon a time made an appearance in my whisky cabinet…

The miniature offered an opportunity to sample the NAS avatar simply called ‘Longrow Peated’.

Longrow Peated NAS 46%

Here’s what we found:

• Nose – Peaty wet rag or wet dog, organic, earthy, spice. After tasting, the nose took on a slightly tart or sour dimension to the peat.
• Palate – A lovely tingly peat, viscous, spice peat, pepper, a quite mineral element, very tasty
• Finish – Peppery peat, delightful

Overall, we found it refreshing to side step sweet to just enjoy a nice peaty dram.

We also sampled it in the Norlan glass – fabulous! It brought out a lovely woodsy quality on the palate and really brought out the best of Longrow on the palate.

Here’s what the Springbank folks have to say:

We sampled from a closed miniature in October 2017… a full bottle would set you back around $60.

And what else did we sample in our merry mini malts evening?

• Peat Chimney 40% (Wemyss)
• Big Peat 46% (Douglas Laing)
• BenRiach Quarter Cask 46%
• Ledaig 10 year 46.3%

And here’s more malt miniatures from my The Whisky Exchange:

• Auchroisk 1996/2014 46% (Gordon & MacPhail)
• Glencadam 15 year 46%
• Glen Keith 1993/2011 46% (Gordon & MacPhail)
• The Arran 14 year 46% – Still to sample!

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