Linkwood 19 Year Old 1991 Signatory

Linkwood 9 Year Old 2008 Signatory for Flander's Finest Cask Selection

Our Flemish whisky collectif selected a very young Linkwood indeed. It was distilled on 14th May 2008 and bottled on 15th May 2017. So the cask had just celebrated its 8th birthday. It matured on a bourbon barrel and was cut to 46% as Signatory usually does with its whiskies bottled in the Un-Chill Filtered Collection. The nose is very sweet,...

Score 81/100

Linkwood 28 Year Old 1989 Cadenhead

This Linkwood was bottled three years ago for ‘The best Cadenhead bars & Restaurant in Singapore’. Indeed, the back label mentions The Swan Song, The Writing Club, Qaich Bar en New Ubin Seafood. I wonder if my friend Keith Chong sometimes goes to any of these places… Anyway, thanks to my buddy Manny I was able to score a sample. Will you look...

Score 88/100

Linkwood 30 Year Old 1984 Malts of Scotland

The German bottler Duitse Malts of Scotland has bottled four Linkwood so far, but this is their oldest yet. And for me, it is the oldest I have ever tried from this Speyside distillery. Let me get right to it. To open the nose, it needs some hand warmth in my opinion. But then you get a typical Linkwood, which is always a feast. Mildly floral with...

Score 88/100

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