The Malt Affair: Michiel Wigman Masterclass tasting
Welcome Michiel and Jan to Singapore! We hope you’ve enjoyed our food and hospitality, and that you were never short of something to drink. Notes from the engaging Masterclass: Ardbeg … Continue reading
Linkwood 15 Gordon & Macphail 100 proof/57% vs Mortlach Gordon & Macphail 100 proof/57%
Linkwood 15 Gordon & Macphail 100 proof / 57% Loads of dry exotic wood notes. Top grade black pepper, cedar, blackwood, teak oil, birch and myrrh. Just dry dry dry. … Continue reading
Glen Moray 24 yo 1992 /2017 Cadenhead 50.9% vs Linkwood 24 yo 1992 / 2017 Cadenhead 50.9%
Glen Moray 24 yo 1992 /2017 Cadenhead 50.9% Signs of inactive casks unfortunately. White paper with an acrid burnt edge and a good mix of piquant greens like dill and … Continue reading
Linkwood 13 yo 1999 Berry Bros #11969 56.8% vs Linkwood 21 yo 1969 / 1991 Cadenhead 55.8%
Linkwood 13 yo 1999 Berry Bros #11969 56.8% Barley sugar and molten candy at hard ball stage. Dusty grains, malt and museli. So its a young, fresh faced malt that … Continue reading
Linkwood 29 yo 1989 / 2019 SMWS 39.180 51% vs Linkwood 11 yo 2007 / 2019 SMWS 39.176 58%
Linkwood 29 yo 1989 / 2019 SMWS 39.180 51% This is a lovely elegant Linkwood, refined by time and wood into a perfectly balanced whisky full of polished wood hues … Continue reading
An Cnoc 39 yo 1975 / 2014 44.2% vs Linkwood 36 yo 1973 / 2009 The Whisky Exchange 10 Years Online 49.7%
AnCnoc 39 yo 1975 / 2014 44.2% Just a note that AnCnoc is the whisky distilled at the Knockdhu distillery. This is done to avoid confusion with the nearby Knockando … Continue reading
A first for Singapore – Joint bottling by The Writing Club, Quaich Bar, The Swan Song, New Ubin Seafood
If you are browsing these pages and are familiar with the local Whisky scene, you would know Khoon Hui, whisky godfather and proprietor of Quaich Bar, the very first … Continue reading
Linkwood: from the 00s, 90s and 80s
Linkwood uses long fermentations and clear wort. Shouldn’t that mean a fruity and clean spirit? But it also distills in fat stills with downward sloping lyne arms, presumably to preserve … Continue reading
Linkwood 22yo 1991/2013 cask 11152 Duncan Taylor Dimensions 52.4%
What makes a whisky able to withstand decades in a cask? Linkwood along with Mortlach, Macallan, Strathisla and Glen Grant are good examples of whiskies capable of extraordinary aging, but … Continue reading
Linkwood SMWS 39.92 1990/2014 49.5%
Here’s another distillery that you and I would not have easy access to but for the independent bottlers and their aged stock. In truth there’s a lot of it around … Continue reading
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