Linkwood 1939 37 Year Old Sherrywood Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Linkwood 13 Year Old 2006 Small Batch Edition #9 Signatory Vintage

Two years ago, Signatory Vintage bottled this young Linkwood in the so-called Small Batch series for the German Kirsch Import. It is a vatting of three barrels that together yielded just under 1,500 bottles. But at 48.1%? That must have been a conscious choice, because otherwise the angels have been incredibly greedy. My friend Benny gave me this...

Score 81/100

Linkwood 14 Year Old 1984 Cooper’s Choice

Linkwood is one of Diageo’s workhorses that produces primarily for the blenders. Important customers are White Horse, Haig, Bell’s and Dimple. Only a small percentage is bottled as single malt. This means you’ll have to turn to independent bottlers. This is an oldie, distilled in 1984 and by now over two decades in the bottle. Cooper’s Choice cut...

Score 84/100

Linkwood 12 Year Old 1998/2010 James MacArthur for Milano Whisky Festival 2010

Linkwood is an important part of Johnnie Walker, Haig, Bells, White Horse and Dimple, but there are also a couple of official bottlings and quite a few independents, like this one. This Linkwood was bottled at the age of 12 for the Milano Whisky Festival in March 2010 by James MacArthur. It’s a single cask, but probably only part, since only 120...

Score 80/100

Linkwood 5 Year Old 1973 John McEwan & Co Ltd Italian Import

Oooh, this is a golden oldie, right? Distilled in 1973 (the year of birth of Dearly Beloved, the sweetest woman of Gentbrugge and surroundings) and bottled after five years, so somewhere in 1978 or 1979. Consequently, a bottle of 750ml – Italian import, mind you – with a screw cap. I'm curious what this ultra-pale Linkwood tastes like, knowing...

Score 83/100