Longrow in Jim Murray's whisky bible 2007
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From: Domènec on 4 Dec 2009 12:52 *That* 15 years old bottling does not appear, but there are some 10 y-o and a 14 y-o getting from 89 to 95 points. Murray's scale is in his very own words: 85-89 Very good to excellent whiskies definitely worth buying 90-93 Brilliant. 94-97 Superstar whiskies that give us all a reason to live. 98-100 Better that anything I'eve ever tasted. So I'm getting my bottle as Colin has been told. Hope someone can UR it to central London on jan 22/23. Murray's opinions on Longrow usually include the words "peat" and "salty". Is it summat similar to, say, Caol Ila? Exception: There is a Longrow Tokaji Wood Aged 10 years that gets 69 points and a very short and UKRMish opinion: "Why?" 65-69 Very unimpressive indeed. 51-64 Nasty and well worth avoiding 0-50 Nothing short of absolutely diabolical.
From: Jim on 4 Dec 2009 13:09 Dom�nec wrote: > *That* 15 years old bottling does not appear, but there are some 10 y-o and > a 14 y-o getting from 89 to 95 points. Murray's scale is in his very own > words: > > 85-89 Very good to excellent whiskies definitely worth buying > 90-93 Brilliant. > 94-97 Superstar whiskies that give us all a reason to live. > 98-100 Better that anything I'eve ever tasted. > > So I'm getting my bottle as Colin has been told. Hope someone can UR it to > central London on jan 22/23. > > Murray's opinions on Longrow usually include the words "peat" and "salty". > Is it summat similar to, say, Caol Ila? The canonical peaty whisky would be Ardbeg.
From: doetnietcomputeren on 4 Dec 2009 13:45 On 2009-12-04 18:52:06 +0100, Dom�nec <domenec.sos.valles(a)gmail.com> said: > *That* 15 years old bottling does not appear, It wouldn't, this is a privately bought barrel that's being bottled. > Murray's opinions on Longrow usually include the words "peat" and > "salty". Is it summat similar to, say, Caol Ila? Could be, think also Lagavulin, Talisker, perhaps a soft Laphroaig but more hopefully like an old Ardbeg. -- Dnc
From: Colin Irvine on 4 Dec 2009 14:38 On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:45:19 +0100, doetnietcomputeren squeezed out the following: >On 2009-12-04 18:52:06 +0100, Dom�nec <domenec.sos.valles(a)gmail.com> said: > >> *That* 15 years old bottling does not appear, > >It wouldn't, this is a privately bought barrel that's being bottled. > >> Murray's opinions on Longrow usually include the words "peat" and >> "salty". Is it summat similar to, say, Caol Ila? > >Could be, think also Lagavulin, Talisker, perhaps a soft Laphroaig They're all too peaty for me. >but >more hopefully like an old Ardbeg. I've never had one. But I like the Longrow, even though it is quite peaty. Plenty of ukrmers have had the 12-year-old. Opinions? -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Domènec on 4 Dec 2009 17:54
"doetnietcomputeren" <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias news:2009120419451958821-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom... > On 2009-12-04 18:52:06 +0100, Dom�nec <domenec.sos.valles(a)gmail.com> said: >> *That* 15 years old bottling does not appear, > It wouldn't, this is a privately bought barrel that's being bottled. I know, just wanted to know to what it was close. Good to know is not a girlie Speyside. Please put any speysider rants here, thanks: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ >> Murray's opinions on Longrow usually include the words "peat" and >> "salty". Is it summat similar to, say, Caol Ila? > Could be, think also Lagavulin, Talisker, perhaps a soft Laphroaig but > more hopefully like an old Ardbeg. Don't know Ardbeg (yet, I think I'll fix it in the next Andorra tax free trip), but IMHO the other three lack the salty bit of Caol Ila. Looks like book for coming hols will be "Peat smoke and spirit" again. |