{"product_id":"linkwood-26-year-old-1990-smws-single-bourbon-cask-39-135-magical-heavenly-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2016-70cl","title":"Linkwood 26 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 39.135 Magical \u0026 Heavenly Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2016) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLinkwood 26 Year Old 1990 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 39.135 Magical \u0026amp; Heavenly Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2016) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 186 bottles produced from a single bourbon cask\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScotch Malt Whisky Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas founded in Edinburgh in 1983 by Phillip 'Pip' Hills who, while travelling around Scotland in the 1970s, fell in love with whiskies drawn straight from the cask. After he expanded his syndicate the Society was purchased by Glenmorangie PLC in 2004. In 2015, the Society was sold back to private investors. In June 2021, the private owners floated the holding company The Artisanal Spirits Company plc on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has a unique code system where the first number refers to the distillery and the second refers to the cask from which the bottle comes. SMWS also offers the largest range of distilleries of any independent bottler. These curiously named drams really do have something for every whisky lover!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTASTING NOTES by Philip Storry (Long standing SMWS Connoisseur)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nose is very sweet - but wood spice sweetness, not fruits! Cinnamon, cardamom, sweet oaky notes, and there’s also a little hint of cigar boxes. The mouthfeel is smooth and has a little cling. The body has pineapple, cinnamon, oak tables, and a hint of lemon towards the finish. The finish itself is camphor wood and pineapple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater brings out rapidly expanding whorling that quickly settles into lasting mottling. The nose now gains pineapple and a little lemon. The body gains lemon, and loses some of the oak notes. The finish has less pineapple, and gains oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Linkwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinkwood is another of the light Speyside camp. The new make has the aroma of a spring meadow – mixing cut grass, apple and peach blossom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen mature, however, although Linkwood's freshness is retained the palate reveals a thick texture which slows the whisky down in the mouth. It is this combination of texture and delicacy which makes it prized by blenders – and much loved by malt whisky aficionados. The fragrance is achieved by creating very clear wort, having a very long fermentation and distilling (slowly to maximise copper conversation) in pairs of stills in which the spirit is larger than the wash, allowing even more copper contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocated on the outskirts of Elgin (though now within its ever-growing suburbs) Linkwood was established in 1821, but only started production in 1824. Owner Peter Brown was the factor [manager] of the Linkwood Estate and wisely kept his nose clean until the 1823 Excise Act was on the stature book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was completely rebuilt in 1874 by his son William and existed as an independent distiller, run by an Elgin-based whisky broker, until 1932 when it joined the DCL stable. It has remained in production ever since, with regular upgrades taking place, most significantly in 1972 when a new distillery was built opposite the old buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth plants ran until 1985 when the original ceased production, although it was still used as an experimental site – it was here that a lot of Diageo’s research into copper, reflux and the effect of worm tubs took place. In the late 1990s it was on the shortlist to become the Speyside representative in The Classic Malts range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, the old building was demolished as part of yet another upgrade. This time six new washbacks were installed in a new distillery along with two new stills. Capacity is now in excess of 5.5m litres per annum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinkwood is bottled as a 12-year-old in Diageo’s Flora \u0026amp; Fauna range, and for many years quasi-official bottlings have come from Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail of Elgin – often from ex-Sherry casks. Other independent bottlings appear fairly regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linkwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56808731246917,"sku":"LINK26SMWS39.135","price":379.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/Linkwood26YearOld1990SMWSSingleBourbonCask39.135Magical_HeavenlySpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2006_70cl1.jpg?v=1767811350","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/linkwood-26-year-old-1990-smws-single-bourbon-cask-39-135-magical-heavenly-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2016-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}