Linkwood 1946 Gordon & Macphail

Linkwood SMWS 39.80

Time for some old Linkwood from the 80's. A 27yo whisky from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society dubbed "Comforting warmth and sweet security" Description: golden hay in colour, with nice long legs and bottled at 54.4% ABV. Nose: notes of hay at first glance, some sunflower oil, a touch of butter and pineapple juice. The nose dulls down, to...

Score 84/100

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 21 Year Old 1991 'Apple Pastry' Wemyss

As far as I can remember, I have never had a Linkwood that was not to my liking. Hence I find it a bit of a pity that most of it disappears in blends like Bell’s, Dimple, White Horse and Haig. Luckily there are those independent bottlers that offer this single malt, like this Wemyss bottling with the resounding name ‘Apple Pastry’. The nose is...

Score 85/100

Linkwood 10 Year Old 2008 The Ultimate

I has only been a few months since I tried a 10 years old Linkwood from The Ultimate, but that was one from 1984, bottled in 1995 from a sherry butt. This is again a 10 years old, but from a completely different era and from a bourbon barrel. It was distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2018. Fresh, playful and summery nose. Apples, peach, vanilla,...

Score 84/100