| Longrow 10 Year Old
During the nineteenth century the burgh of
Campbeltown, could justifiably lay claim to being the whisky capital
of the world, as a total of around thirty two distilleriers, were
established in the Argyllshire town. During the twentieth
century the industry went into a sharp decline leaving the
Springbank Distillery standing alone at present as the sole
operational distillery in the town.
The Longrow Distillery was established on the
street of the same name in 1824 by Mr John Ross. This
gentleman would later be regarded as the elder statesman of the
Campbeltown whisky industry and was by the time of his death in 186
said to be the oldest living distiller in Scotland. Production
ceased at Longrow in 1896 although part of the original buildings
now form the bottling hall at the Springbank Distillery.
In 1973 Longrow was chosen as the name for the new
single malt first distilled at the Springbank Distillery in that
year. The malt for Longrow is dried entirely over a peat fire
and the whisky is double distilled in the traditional Scottish
Manner. Longrow has acquired a legendary reputation due in
part to it's limited availability and the powerful peaty-smoky
character. One commentator was inspired to coin the
description "the aroma of wet sheep, the attack
of tiger's claws"
A sherry-wood version of the Longrow 10 Year Old is
now also available. As with Sringbank the Longrow single malt
has neither been chill-filtered nor artificially coloured and has
been diluted to 46% ABV (see Lower Strength
Whisky Products) with pure mountain water from the local
Crosshill Loch.
LIMITED
AVAILABILITY | 
