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08Q4 - LINKWOOD 17 1990 [Signatory bottling at Cask Strength] |
Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
Bluff |
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Smoky for a speyside, smoky |
Reese Witherspoon |
Cinnamon apples, tangy |
Warm coating, long |
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08Q4-Bop
January 3rd, 2009 |
Bop |
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Uncut it smells like a lightly mulled wassail |
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Gently smoky |
Apple spice |
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08Q4-Bop
January 3rd, 2009 |
Hoopie |
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Cinnamon, maybe a little apple or orange |
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08Q4-Bop
January 3rd, 2009 |
Lakeview |
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Maple syrup meets the ocean |
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Complex, smoky & sweet combination drives complexity for me |
Smooth and short |
A great surprise addition to an important lineup |
08Q4-Bop
January 3rd, 2009 |
10Q1 - LINKWOOD 17 1990 [Signatory bottling at Cask Strength] |
Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
Balgam |
Natural color |
Oaky nose, vanilla |
Sean Young |
Work at it to make it ok |
Warm |
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10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
Bibeau |
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Fruit. Burnt |
Dark tall fast |
Old dry attic |
Smooth. Lasts long |
Challenges |
10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
Bop |
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Cauliflower. Grassy after cut |
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Pan-seared scallops |
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Adding water doesn't reduce the heat. Too much like a dude. |
10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
Lakeview |
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Orange peel + heather |
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Creamy start with lingering heat |
Caramelized scallop |
With a cut it is fun & really grew on me but still takes too much work |
10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
Tao |
Dark natural color |
Vanilla |
One dimensional, Megan Fox |
Basic Jaw / Oak not much complex |
Too hot |
Fine at cask strength |
10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
Ville |
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slight pepper |
long slinky 27 year old |
tart - medium |
warm and mellow |
Fair - not in my buy zone |
10Q1-Bop
February 20th, 2010 |
14Q4 - LINKWOOD 21 yo [Gordon and MacPhail bottling at Standard Strength] |
24Q1 - LINKWOOD 25 yo, 1997 Vintage Bottling for the Whisky Exchange [Signatory bottling at Cask Strength] |
Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
Bop |
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Banana nose then becomes earthy; cut: sweeter |
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Salt water taffy; cut: sweeter |
Super salty which is always fun |
Slow and low processes (fermentation, distilling reflux, etc.) overall at Linkwood. Love this expression. |
24Q1-Norse
March 9th, 2024 |