Linkwood 1984 26 Year Old Old Malt Cask #6627 Douglas Laing

Linkwood 32 Year Old 1973 Signatory Vintage

The last Linkwood from the 70s that I will try this week is a Signatory Vintage from the Cask Strength Collection, in those sublime decanters that my granny loves to use for all sorts of oils and vinegars, whenever I empty one. This is a hogshead that was bottled in 2006. At cask strength, obviously. The nose starts off closed, but some handwarmth...

Score 87/100

Linkwood 19 Year Old 1990 The Ultimate

Van Wees is a Dutch bottler that launches its whiskies under the somewhat bombastic (and in my opinion not so please to the eye) label The Ultimate. This Linkwood was distilled in 1990 and bottled at drinking strength. The nose is nicely sweet and flowery. Rich spices and fruit. On the one hand juicy blood oranges, on the other hand dry peach and...

Score 88/100

Linkwood 26 Year Old Bladnoch Forum

The bourbon hogshead 1625 was filled on 15th March 1984 and exactly 26 years later – on 15th March 2010 – was bottled for the Bladnoch Forum members. This Linkwood is at a respectable age of 26 years and the cask yielded 264 bottles. Again the typical floral charachter of Linkwood shines through on the nose – primarily violets – but this is...

Score 88/100

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