Linkwood 1984 26 Year Old Adelphi

Linkwood 36 Year Old 1973 TWE 10th Anniversary

I’m ending my Linkwood session with this 36 Year Old whisky from 1973. It was bottled by The Whisky Exchange especially for their 10th anniversary in 2009. My friend Stu from London tells me this should be a super whisky. I’m curious. The color is surprising at least, close to amber, since this is a bourbon cask after all. The cask strength after...

Score 90/100

Linkwood 14 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

Blackadder – brainchild of the always crackin’ jokes Robin Tucek – are mostly known for their Raw Cask bottlings, in which some cask residue can be found, giving the malts an air of authenticity. This Linkwood 1989 spent more than 15 years in the bottle already, but that will not stop me! A beautiful color and robust ABV are probably the prelude...

Score 86/100

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 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