Review #87: Longrow Rundlets and Kilderkins 11yrs, 2001/2013, 51.7%, OB, 9000 bottles

from the Springbank empire

This is, oddly, my first post on Longrow, which I guess you could call double-distilled and heavily-peated Springbank. "Rundlets and Kilderkins" are teeny weeny barrels. From what I've heard, the experiments with these barrels went pretty well. I'm a bit late with this review.

Nice Longrow nose -- rich peat, with lots of machine oil and bits of smoked salmon and inner tubes and vegetal farminess. There's some sweetness to go with it, too: candied chestnuts and stewed fruits with cloves. There's a lot more going on -- maybe some dark chocolate and tobacco -- but it's all mixed up with the peat smoke.

palate: a little bit of oil, a whole lot of prickly, salty peat. Aspirin and grapes.

finish is long and ashy, balanced by some honey/grape sweetness and olive brine. very long finish.


I don't know what the casks had to do with it, but this works very well -- intense Longrow with no flaws and a bit of roundness.

score: 89