Longrow
The brand in brief
Longrow is the heavily peated single malt from the family-owned Springbank distillery in Campbeltown. It is one of Springbank's three lines, each defined by its distillation and peating: Springbank (2.5× distilled, lightly peated), Longrow (double-distilled, heavily peated, ~50–55 ppm) and Hazelburn (triple-distilled, unpeated).
The name honours a former Campbeltown distillery, Longrow, which stood beside Springbank until the end of the 19th century. The brand began as a 1973 experiment — Springbank set out to prove it could make a fully peated, Islay-style malt. Regular production followed from the 1990s. Springbank remains family-owned (J&A Mitchell), famed for doing everything "from barley to bottle" on site.
Style
Longrow marries Campbeltown's thick, earthy smoke with sea salt and the oily texture of Springbank's spirit. The core is Longrow Peated (no age statement), Longrow 18 and the Red series (wine-cask finishes). All are one brand, differing by vintage and cask.
Timeline
- 1973 Springbank distils the first fully peated Longrow — an Islay-style experiment.
- 1990 Longrow enters regular production as Springbank's heavily peated line.
- 2012 The Longrow Red series debuts — editions finished in wine casks.
