Linkwood 1992 Regis Whisky Mad

Linkwood 28 Year Old 1984 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

The Nectar of the Daily Drams is a well-known and respected Belgian bottler. In recent years they have bottled four casks of Linkwood. One of them is this 28 Year Old from 1984, that was released a few years back. Fresh and fruity nose on manadrin and apples. Mildly floral as well. Think heather. Add some mint. Some vanilla, but apart from that,...

Score 80/100

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 14 Year Old 1982 Wilson & Morgan

Wilson & Morgan bottled this Linkwood already in 1997. The bottle can no longer be found, I am afraid. I tried a more recent Linkwood from the same bottler not too long ago. Wonder how this one will fare. The nose is very creamy and both flowery and grainy. Butter cookies. Apple pie. Honey and a bit of heather herbs. It is soft on the palate....

Score 83/100

Linkwood 9 Year Old 2008 Signatory for Flander's Finest Cask Selection

Our Flemish whisky collectif selected a very young Linkwood indeed. It was distilled on 14th May 2008 and bottled on 15th May 2017. So the cask had just celebrated its 8th birthday. It matured on a bourbon barrel and was cut to 46% as Signatory usually does with its whiskies bottled in the Un-Chill Filtered Collection. The nose is very sweet,...

Score 81/100