Our good friends at Liquid Art have found another single cask that they considered bottle-worthy. And it must be, for this is a Linkwood from 2008 that was allowed to spend it’s hibernation on a bourbon…

Berry Brothers & Rudd is of course very well known, so no intro needed. For years, the royal supplier with headquarters in London, they of course also bottle whisky themselves. This young Linkwood was…

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…

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…

Matured on refill American oak and virgin oak.N: Immediately quite peaty and smoky on the nose with fish oil, roasted pine nuts, smoldering hearth and even goat stable. In fact, I also get cauliflower…

Matured in ex-bourbon and refill barrels.N: Hallelujah! That's the first thing that shoots through my head when I put this malt on the nose. Bonfire on the beach, seaweed, peat, nutmeg, the skin of…

Matured in Tawny Port & red Muscat & Virgin Oak barrels.N: The Beast! Yes, the beast of Dufftown immediately asserts itself on the nose. It is robust, rich and umami. Ragout with oregano, pickles (really…

Matured on a combination of refill American oak and PX/Oloroso 'seasoned' barrels.N: The first sniff is sweet on baked apples, pancake sugar (the light brown Graeffe variety), salted caramel and butte…

Matured in refill American oak and on Amontillado sherry casks.N: Ah, this one is immediately beautifully maritime on the nose. Think sea breeze, fishing port and storm clouds in the sky. Nice salt that…

Matured on refill American oak.N: Strangely enough, the nose of this old grain is rather spirity. Although I get hints of Galak Popri (white chocolate with puffed rice) and whipped cream, it is mainly…