A lovely Christmas gift from a friend of mine who now lives even further oop north! It’s from a distillery that I was never aware of. My first nip or two and my senses are telling me… oh yes!
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Had a taste as it’s holidays 
It is really good. As you say, less in your face smoke than Lagavulin. Reminds me of Talisker 10 a lot.
Thanks for the suggestion! Will definitely buy again.
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I’m currently enjoying a Lagavulin 16 whilst listing to some John Mellencamp. 
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I finished the 16 one moon ago, so I carry on with this…
Thank you for your support.
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Picked up this Aberlour 14yr old Double Cask before Christmas and I have to say it is absolutely delicious
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Nice room 
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Dscovered that no open bottles of single malt in the cupboard for Burns night. Do I open a FoL special bottling or maybe this one…. It’s a current release so unlike the FoL it won’t now be a rarity but Lore is rather special - no harsh notes just stunningly and dangerously smooth. Yum! Slainte mhath!
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Just picked this up after a friend gave me a sample bottle at Xmas. This is a lightly peated single malt from the Isle of Raasay distillery in the Hebrides. This is only 5 years old as it is a young distillery but it is absolutely delicious. Can’t wait to see what the 10 years plus taste like. I don’t know if you can see from the pic but the bottles have fossil imprints in the glass including this ammonite
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I’ve never been fortunate enough to buy a Longrow Red, but today I was visiting Gleneagles and discovered it on their whisky menu. It was fabulous.
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I believe that Longrow is closely associated with Springbank, which used to be my favourite malt.
Sadly, I haven’t tasted a whisky (or any other alcohol, for that matter) for about six years now.
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Absolutely Graham, it’s a Sprigbank pleated whisky and difficult to find in the wild to buy.
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About seven or eight years ago, I managed to snaffle a couple of bottles of Springbank from a whole cask that a friend had bought, and left with the distillery, some years earlier. The bottle had a simple black and white label.
Probably the most delicious whisky I have ever drunk!
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My fav is dalwhinnie. Great value for price (in France* not in the US anymore). Great Scottish single malt.
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And what was it like?
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Any love here for Bunnhabhain malt from Islay? Not as fashionable as some others, but a lovely whisky even so. It comes in various iterations - bottled at 10, 12, 15 and 21 years, if my memory serves correctly.
It was one of my favourites when I was allowed to drink alcohol.
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It was wonderful, typically Longrow with a fruity palate from the port casks. It was a good strength at 57.7% that needed some water.
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