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Sherried Longrow 19 years for Bottling Hall Dinner The Bottling Hall Dinner at Springbank is legendary for the fact that it produces a special single cask for attendees. Well, the name Bottling Hall was special this year, previous iterations came from the Malt Barn dinners. We tasted a tremendous one last year, which was a…

Brand new Laphroaig 15 versus Laphroaig 18 For our 450th blog on Long Pour Amour, we are going to compare two Laphroaig single malts with respectable age statements. One is brand new, the other bottled a while longer ago. I am very happy to fill the glasses today, because it seems to me Laphroaig is…

Lagg Small Batch tries on a Manzanilla finish The Isle of Arran now boasts two distilleries, and even though that is still miles and miles behind “whisky island” Islay, it is something to be proud of. The Lochranza single malt better known as Arran has a strong following. The “take no prisoners” peat violence that…

Sinking our teeth into two 28 year old Laphroaigs Laphroaig! Now that is a brand! The distinct green glass bottle, the bright white label, and iodine and seaweed on the palate. When we look at the sales of this Islay classic, there is only blue skies ahead. There is a firm grip on the number…

Happy Lagavulin Day! We drink an Armagnac finish Yes! The Feis Ile Festival of Music and Malt is here again. We kick off the 2026 edition following the same route as previous years, by sampling a whisky according to the allotted day of the festival. Traditionally, Lagavulin opens the celebrations, so here we go! We…

Longrow matured on Oloroso and Manzanilla On this Campbeltown Wednesday, we turn towards a Longrow again. It has been a while, almost a year or so, since we last featured the peated brand made at Springbank Distillery. I believe I cried out for a return to greatness for this beloved hard-hitting single malt. But it…

Fruity and dangerous Loch Lomond variants Not so long ago, I gave into the feeling of nostalgia, and acquired two old Loch Lomond bottles just for aesthetic reasons. The blue tube, blue label no age stated Loch Lomond was a bottle you could get anywhere for an insanely cheap price, in my early days of…

A fledgling Ledaig caught by Signatory Vintage Signatory Vintage is not planning on easing down on cranking out new entries in the 100 proof series, and we also read some nice names in new batches. I am hoping to get my hands on a Clynelish bottling, but for today we choose another option. A very…