Linkwood 20 Year Old 1991 The Octave Duncan Taylor

Linkwood 11 Year Old 2007 James Eadie

James Eadie is a young independent bottler – started in 2016 – run by Rupert Patrick who started his career in the wine business in 1988, but made the transition to whisky. He worked for MacLeod Distillers, Beam-Suntory and Diageo before going it alone. The name of the label is easily explained: James Eadie was his great-great-grandfather...

Score 86/100

Linkwood 12 Year Old 2009 Whisky Club of Luxembourg Berry Bros & Rudd

Berry Brothers & Rudd is of course very well known, so no intro needed. For years, the royal supplier with headquarters in London, they of course also bottle whisky themselves. This young Linkwood was bottled especially for the Whisky Club from Luxembourg. The hogshead yielded 324 cask strength bottles. I got a sample pressed into the hands by...

Score 86/100

Linkwood 13 Year Old 2001 A.D. Rattray

Distilled at the Linkwood Distillery on 7 April 2001, this Linkwood was bottled on 24 Oktober 2014, making it 13 years old. A.D. Rattray bottled it at cask strength. The bourbon hogshead yielded 318 bottles. I discovered this Linkwood at Global Spirits Expo in Antwerp on 18th June 2017. It is one of the palest Linkwood I have ever tried....

Score 85/100

Linkwood 19 Year Old 1997 Brachadair

Close to BenRiach and Longmorn - in the heart of Speyside – you can find the Linkwood distillery. She was founded in 1821. She still produces mostly for the blending industry (primarily for White Horse, Haig, Bells and Dimple) and is not that easy to find as single malt. Unless you look at the independent bottlers. This is one of those from...

Score 86/100