🥃 Longmorn 18 Year Old
Core of the official Longmorn range since 2024: 18 years mainly in American oak bourbon casks; cask strength, released in annual batches.
Longmorn 18 Year Old is the younger of the two expressions that have formed the official Longmorn range since 2024. The brand released it ahead of the distillery's 130th anniversary and has since promised not to bottle whisky younger than 18 years. The strength is cask strength: the 2024 batch was 57.6% ABV, according to The Spirits Business.
According to Whisky Magazine and The Spirits Business, the whisky matures mainly in American oak, is not chill-filtered and is not coloured with caramel. Elite Traveler specifies bourbon casks of first and second fill with some hogsheads. The barley malt is unpeated. It is released in annual single batches, so the strength can vary. According to Fred Minnick, a Chivas Brothers expert describes the creamy, iris-like profile typical of Longmorn.
Why this matters to you. Longmorn 22 Year Old follows the same approach with a longer maturation. Because of the cask strength, it is best tasted with a few drops of water. The WHO notes that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption.
Facts
| Alcohol (% vol.) | cask strength; 57.6% ABV in the 2024 batch |
|---|---|
| Minimum maturation | 18 years |
| Cask type | mainly first- and second-fill American oak bourbon casks, partly hogsheads |
| Raw material | unpeated barley malt |
| Year founded | 2024 |
| EU category | 2 — whisky/whiskey |
| Legal basis | Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2890): Single Malt Scotch Whisky |
How it connects to Spirits
🥃 Longmorn 18 Year Old → affects → 🍷 Alcohol and health ← affects ← 🥃 Spirits
Links
- Packed in
- 🐝 American white oak, 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel
- Made from
- 🥃 Barley and malt in whisky
- What it affects
- 🍷 Alcohol and health, 🍷 Drunk driving
- Part of
- 🥃 Longmorn, 🥃 Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 🥃 Speyside whisky, 🥃 Scotch Whisky
- Similar and different
- 🥃 Longmorn 22 Year Old, 🥃 Longmorn 22 Year Old
Frequently asked questions
Is Longmorn 18 a one-off release?
No. According to The Spirits Business, together with the 22-year-old it forms the core of the range and is released every year in single batches.
What is the strength of Longmorn 18 Year Old?
Cask strength: the 2024 batch was 57.6% ABV, according to The Spirits Business; other batches may differ.
What casks is Longmorn 18 matured in?
Mainly first- and second-fill American oak bourbon casks, with a share of hogsheads.
What to read next
- 🍷 Alcohol and health — Alcohol in any drink is harmful in large amounts, and the risks grow with the quantity.
- 🥃 Barley and malt in whisky — Malted barley is the base of whisky: malt enzymes convert starch in the mash, and EU whisky is distilled below 94.8% vol.
- 🐝 American white oak — A North American oak that gives wine strong vanilla and coconut notes.
- 🍷 Drunk driving — Never drive after drinking wine: alcohol slows your reactions.
- 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel — American white oak cask of 180–200 litres used for bourbon: bourbon may only be aged in new charred casks, so used ones go to Scotch, Irish whiskey and rum.
Similar
🥃 Longmorn 22 Year Old · 🥃 Cragganmore 12 Year Old · 🥃 Speyburn 18 Year Old · 🥃 Benromach 15 Year Old · 🥃 Benromach 21 Year Old · 🥃 Benromach Contrasts: Organic
⚠️ Spirit drinks contain alcohol and are for adults only. Alcohol harms health. Do not drink during pregnancy or before driving; check the label for ingredients and possible allergens.
Sources
- The Spirits Business: Longmorn launches 18YO and 22YO single malts (06.02.2024; foundations of the portfolio, yearly single batch, cask strength 57.6 % and 54.5 %, no chill-filtration or caramel)
- Whisky Magazine: Longmorn unveils two new single malts (01.02.2024; small-batch annual releases never under 18 years, American oak, natural colour, non-chill filtered)
- Elite Traveler: Longmorn Launches New Premium Scotch Whisky Series (01.02.2024; first and second-fill bourbon casks and some hogsheads)
- Fred Minnick: Longmorn Releases 18-, 22-Year-Old Single Malts (02.02.2024; American oak barrels and hogsheads, non-chill filtered)
- The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2890), reg. 3: definition and categories of Scotch Whisky
- WHO/Europe: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health (04.01.2023)
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