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Linkwood 1997-2015 - 18 Year Old - The First Editions - Single Cask 11789


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Linkwood 1997-2015 - 18 Year Old - The First Editions - Single Cask 11789
Linkwood 1997-2015 - 18 Year Old - The First Editions - Single Cask 11789
LOT ID: 0824-510


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£67.50

End Date: 16 Oct 2024

Linkwood 1997-2015 - 18 Year Old - The First Editions - Single Cask 11789

Linkwood 1997 - 2015. 18 Year Old. Bottled by Edition Spirits for their The First Editions series. Cask number HL11789. One of 148 matured in a Refill Hogshead. 700ml. 59.5%.

Distillery:  Linkwood

Distillery Status:  Working

Bottler: Hunter Laing

Region: Speyside

Distilled Year: 1997

Bottling Year: 2015

Age: 18

Bottles Produced: 148

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: HL11789

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 70cl / 700ml

ABV: 59.5%

Linkwood is a large Speyside distillery making top class single malt whisky for owner Diageo’s portfolio of blends. Such is Linkwood’s importance to the blending industry that very little of its production is officially released, with only the mediocre Flora & Fauna edition and one horribly overpriced Special Release appearing in the last decade or so.

Much more rewarding are the terrific Rare Malts editions of Linkwood bottled from 1995-2005, all from 1970s vintages that showcase the distillery’s fantastically pure spirit style to great effect. There have also been numerous outstanding long-aged Linkwoods by Gordon & MacPhail, who were licensed bottlers of Linkwood for many years and have bottled the oldest Linkwoods yet released, the Private Collection editions from 1953 and 1956, both of which were over 60 years old.

Hunter Laing was created in 2013 after founder Stewart Laing divided the assets of the Douglas Laing company with his brother Fred Laing Jr.  The new Hunter Laing company received the classic Old Malt Cask and Old & Rare Platinum Selection single malt ranges in the split from Douglas Laing, and Stewart’s sons Andrew and Scott Laing merged their Edition Spirits brand into the new company.

As well as the Old Malt Cask, Old & Rare and First Edition series, Hunter Laing now bottle several new ranges of single malt and grain whisky, including Distiller’s Art, Hepburn’s Choice and the Scarabus brand mystery Islay whisky. In 2017 Hunter Laing began construction of the Ardnahoe distillery on Islay, which produced its first spirit the following year.