Springbanks Longrow 9 YO 56 3% Palo Cortado 2024 - It keeps getting better

I have corrected some of the shaky parts that were in the previous Longrow Palo Cortado video and also cleaned it up a bit. When I'm not using a tripod or a camera Gimbal I should expect this issue and should have corrected the video first before publishing it. Usually KZbin does an auto-fix during the processing but they do not offer the video stabilization feature anymore. After correcting my other video of the 'Springbank Distillery Tour' by re-doing the whole video with my own stabilization software I couldn't leave the shaky parts in the Longrow Palo Cortado video. I will be prepared in the future by using my own software stabilization in the processing for the shaky parts or use a camera gimbal.
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I have told the story of the 2800 miles of driving on winding narrow roads and through the most spectacular Scottish scenery and history.
After 3 days in Edinburgh we headed through the central highlands to see 6 distilleries and then to the Speyside with 10 more distilleries to see. We made the busy city of Inverness our home for 3 day while exploring the area. We then travelled from the east coat of Scotland to west coast and on to the the Isle of Skye. I now understand why people say it is the most beautiful of the Isles. We had booked a large cottage and then toured Taliskar. Not nearly long enough on the Island but we had to leave. We were off to Fort William and Ben Nevis another strikingly beautiful coastline and the majestic mountains that hug the inlet. We finally get to rest in Oban where we had a dram and tour of the distillery and again some great food. I felt we were always leaving places to soon but when your on a 3 week schedule to see what we had planned to see; whether that's the right way to see Scotland or.... we just had to go with it. And here we are again travelling through some unforgettable mountainous terrain and coastal landscape. Travelling down these narrow winding roads were times of excitement, stress and a lot of emotion. Then we were on the road to a whisky pilgrimage, the Kintyre Peninsula and Campbeltown once home to 32 distilleries and a hundred illegal ones. This is the home of Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia. In recent years Springbank has become an enigma because the whisky is so hard to find. Many of the distillery tour experts say that this is one of the most important distilleries to visit in Scotland. It is not a Behemoth state of the art distillery like Macallan, in fact it is very old and smaller in size with just 3 stills. But if you want to see how whisky was made over a hundred years ago with full transparency on how they make it complete from the malting floor to the dunnage warehouse, you go to Springbank. So you would think that the most sought after whisky in Scotland would cost a fortune but the distillery does not have exorbitant prices. It is the flippers and secondary market that jacks up the price. The issue is that Springbank does not produce enough whisky for the demand, a problem that a lot of distilleries wish they had. They do not seem to want to change the way they do things and that is 'Old School'.
Glengyle distillery, next door to Springbank and also owned by Springbank was also brought back to life in 2004, after it was shut down in 1925. It was the first new distillery in Campbeltown in 125 years. It makes the peated Kilkerran whisky. When Springbank invested in re-starting Glengyle they assured that Campbeltown could be called a whisky region again and there are two more distilleries on the way.
And let's not forget about Glen Scotia, another old and legendary distillery in Campbeltown that was founded in 1832. It produces some incredible whisky as well.
So what is Longrow whisky? Springbank makes Longrow as their heavily peated whisky which is at 50-55 ppm. Longrow is distilled twice as compared to Springbank which is 8 ppm and distilled two and a half times. The other Springbank whisky is Hazelburn which is non-peated and triple distilled. I have honestly never tasted Longrow so this will be a treat. I had to stand in line for a couple hours before the distillery opened in order to get this bottle of Longrow and a Springbank 15 so I can understand why people line up early in the morning for the very few bottles that are available each day. Some of the not so happy people in the line up behind me did not get a bottle. So let's find out if this Longrow was worth waiting for. Enjoy the video. Slàinte Mhath
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[@supermeh1987]

Visited the distillery in June. We arrived on a Saturday afternoon at 1 pm so we didn't have to worry about lineups, and surprisingly there was a shelf full of the 12 year old cask strength Springbank, the new Longrow Red 7 year old Pinot Noir, and an open day Hazelburn bottling. The cage bottles were heavily picked over and no regular 10 or 15 year old Springbanks. Not sure if we just got lucky, but I can't imagine having to wait in a lineup for over 2 hours and potentially not even get what you were hoping to grab. Glad to hear you got some good ones though!

[@noelsworldofwhisky8208]

Thanks for watching and your comments. Wow! You did get lucky. Nothing shabby about the cask strength 12 year old. That is some serious Springbank juice. I will say that I would stand in line again if I knew I could get what you got or what I lucked out to. Slàinte Mhath

[@supermeh1987]

@@noelsworldofwhisky8208 yeah totally understandable, you landed some cool bottlings. I was pretty fortunate, a whisky community friend actually sent me a sample of I believe this Longrow cage bottle (he also visited end of May/early June) and a Springbank cage bottle that was red wine cask matured. Have tried the springbank and it was interesting, although not entirely my cup of tea. Have yet to try this Longrow, but when I do I'll try to remember to pop back on here and share my thoughts.