Linkwood 1970 Private Collection Gordon & Macphail

Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old

At the beginning of the century, Diageo launched the popular series Rare Malts. This Linkwood from 1975 is one of those (there are in fact several Linkwood bottled in this Rare Malts series). You can still find it left and right for around 200 EUR. The nose is very waxy (beeswax) with a hefty helping of vanilla custard and citrus peel. Very...

Score 85/100

Linkwood 13 Year Old 2008 Liquid Art

Our good friends at Liquid Art have found another single cask that they considered bottle-worthy. And it must be, for this is a Linkwood from 2008 that was allowed to spend it’s hibernation on a bourbon cask. I got my hands on a bottle leftover at the WHISKE festival in Geel and I'm finally going to put this pale Speysider to the test with great...

Score 86/100

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 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