Linkwood 1985 Mackillop's Choice

Linkwood 15 Year Old

Gordon & Macphail has been a licensed bottler for Linkwood for decades and continues to be. This 15 Year Old is always available. I am trying a recent bottling from 2017, so this is a distillate from the new millennium. Very sweet and extremely fruity nose on apricots, juicy peaches and even crushed banana, but slowly it turns candied. Turkish...

Score 85/100

Linkwood 18 Year Old 1997 Jack Wiebers

Jack Wiebers often bottles single casks with strange names and artsy labels. This one falls in both categories, I’d say. But of course the contents of the bottle is what matters and in this case it’s an 18 Year Old Linkwood from 1997 at cask strength. Wow! When I put my nose in the glass for the first time, I’m actually reminded of grain whisky....

Score 87/100

Linkwood 28 Year Old 1989 Cadenhead

This Linkwood was bottled three years ago for ‘The best Cadenhead bars & Restaurant in Singapore’. Indeed, the back label mentions The Swan Song, The Writing Club, Qaich Bar en New Ubin Seafood. I wonder if my friend Keith Chong sometimes goes to any of these places… Anyway, thanks to my buddy Manny I was able to score a sample. Will you look...

Score 88/100

Linkwood 7 Year Old 2008 Signatory for De Cluysenaer

Linkwood is a Speyside distillery, founded in 1821. She is a stone’s throw away from BenRiach and Longmorn. In 1840, when she was run by James Walker, she had a capacity of 90.000 liters. By 1900 that had increased to 227.000 liters. Today she is owned by Diageo and supplies whisky for famous blends such as White Horse, Haig, Bells and Dimple. It...

Score 80/100