[MM-MALTS-L] Help required - Longrow discrepancies

[Kraaijeveld A.R.]

Hi Craig

No answer to your question, but I'll be running a Springbank tasting for the University's Wine Club early December where a Longrow CV is part of the line-up. So will be able to tell you then whether 'my' bottle is like your first or second time.


slainte, Lex







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From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net] On Behalf Of cdaniels
Sent: 15 October 2008 11:53
To: 'MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List'
Subject: [MM-MALTS-L] Help required - Longrow discrepancies

Hi all,

I've got a quizzical/problem. I've tasted two different bottles of Longrow CV 46% OB in the last week and I've got wildly varying scores.

First time it was oscillating/swinging from peat (tarry smoke) to sweet (honey and toffee) with youngish characters, medicinal (bandaids) smoked eucalyptus, more sweetness and peat, overcooked popcorn then some more metallic medicinal character - Score 80-82

Second time - peat (ashtrays) and sweet (syrup and toffee), liquorice, then a whole whack of feinty notes, split tri-fold personality and sadly lacking integration - burnt wood, plastic, cardboard, syrup & resin, with yeasty malt and some burnt tyres. Score 72-75.

Maybe there is a similarity with some of the descriptors, but the evident feinty notes weren't there in the first tasting.

Is there more than one version of Longrow CV out there at the moment, or was bottle #2 a dud or maybe corked???

Or am I going nuts?

Cheers


Craig Daniels
Chairman
Malt Whisky Society of Australia
Organisers of Australia's Fourth Malt Whisky Convention Hobart 28-30 August 2009

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From: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net [mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net] On Behalf Of Ralph Katzenell
Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2008 4:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Helloooo There!

Hello All.

Thank you for your thoughtful responses.

I too have kept away from the community sites. At first I thought they were grand, but after a while membership and signing in became tedious. There are now so many of them.
Also I felt uncomfortable about leaving such a strong trail of electronic fairy dust behind me.
MALTS-L discussion and points were so informative and knowledgeable, and as Alex says, just popped onto the screen,
no hassles.

Yes, I wear my "En Fuskie es nane Saat ava" proudly, at folk music gatherings and at Burns Suppers. Goodness me, I even looked up Doric on the web and learnt what a rich history it has.

Here in Israel the whisky scene has undergone a revolution, and good quality malt is available in fine selection
in every town at almost reasonable prices. There are some bars with really good choices, not restricted to the common everyday malts we see in duty free. The "Dov" in Haifa being typical of local excellence.

I no longer travel for my company, the overseas system maintenance work having been taken over by a younger generation, but I still import. Perhaps about 8 - 12 bottles a year, though my consumption is going down.
I have to report that Alex Bruce of Adelphi has been a true and constant connection. With nearly every purchase, he pops in a 100 ml sample.So recently I got good tasters of Springbank 1969 35 yo at 58.5%, and a Glen Grant 1985 22 yo at 62.1%. Simply my own wee private pleasure. Wonderful.
Charlie Maclean's tasting notes border on the ridiculous, but what the hell!

I act as central drinking point for a small group of friends who have come to appreciate fine malts. We sit out on the deck of a weekend, gaze at the stars, (sometimes through my 8 inch Dobsonian telescope), and scoff our way through razor-thin onion and tomato, with local cheeses and black Russian bread, and discuss the problems of a crazy world.
Whisky (in slow, thoughtful moderation) is such a friendly drink. The bullshitting days are over, perhaps age is telling its story.

Some of my choices don't make the grade, and no one can be fooled. I no longer horde these. They just get chucked,
and I put it down to experience, and water under the bridge.
I opened up a 1984 CC 18 yo at 40% abv Caol Ila recently. It had been on display as one of my prize classic possessions. Dreadful sour stuff. Undrinkable. Out it went on the spot.
To be contrasted as night with day with the 7th edition Port Ellen at 58.something%. Fabulous. People have been talking about it for weeks. I got a phone call from one mate who got home, got into bed with his snoring missus, ands then called me to say it was the best experience he had for months!

The folk music scene here has also moved up several notches in quality. To see some of the work, search YouTube for Shay Tuchner (sometimes Shai Tuchner) and Lilach Sheer.

I'm glad your still out there.

Respect.

Granpa Ralph




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