Linkwood
Peter Brown founded the distillery in 1821. At its inception, the site had only two stills, and Whisky operation wasn't entirely legal yet. The distillery formally began operations in 1825, after Whisky distillation was legalized. Brown's original distillery operated with only one wash still and one spirit still.
| Information about the Distillery | |
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| Scotland, Speyside | |
| -3.286931 57.635771 | |
| Active | |
| Diageo | |
| 12 t | |
| 1821 | |
| 3,500,000 l |
| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
Calculated from 505
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Nosing
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Oak:
Sweet:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Malt:
Nuts:
Floral:
Apple:
Honey:
Chocolate:
Pear:
Peat Smoke:
Raisin:
Spices:
Berries:
Caramel:
Dried Fruit:
Oak:
Cherry:
Herbs:
Oil:
Peach:
Plum:
Green Apple:
Floral:
Zitrus:
Orange:
Plum:
Vanilla:
Pear:
Herb:
Apple:
Cinnamon:
Raisin:
Honey:
Alcohol:
Cherry:
Grape:
Green Apple:
Lemon:
Berries:
Hay:
Dried Fruit:
Lemon Peel:
Malt:
Tropical Fruit:
Chocolate:
Fig:
Oil:
Mint:
Almonds:
Blackberry:
Tobacco:
Heather:
Dark Chocolate:
Pineapple:
Alcohol:
Blackberry:
Peach:
Orange:
Date:
Ginger:
Date:
Grapefruit:
Herb:
Tropical Fruit:
Nutmeg:
Cake:
Nuts:
Nutmeg:
Anis:
Lemon Peel:
Lime:
Hay:
Dark Chocolate:
Banana:
Fig:
Leather:
Grape:
Grapefruit:
Cake:
Clove:
Tobacco:
Lemon:
Grass:
Strawberry:
Almonds:
Melon:
Leather:
Mint:
Lime:
Kiwi:
Clove:
Pepper:
Barley:
Chili:
Kiwi:
Medicinal Smoke:
Cinnamon:
Salt:
Wheat:
Chili:
Maritime Notes:
Pineapple:
Banana:
Peat Smoke:
Tasting
Sweet:
Spices:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Oak:
Sweet:
Nuts:
Zitrus:
Oil:
Caramel:
Chocolate:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Honey:
Spices:
Herb:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Oak:
Pepper:
Raisin:
Caramel:
Oil:
Cinnamon:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Raisin:
Lemon:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Dark Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Honey:
Apple:
Banana:
Alcohol:
Pear:
Lemon Peel:
Herb:
Almonds:
Grape:
Nuts:
Malt:
Hazelnut:
Ginger:
Plum:
Tobacco:
Berries:
Tropical Fruit:
Floral:
Pepper:
Chili:
Clove:
Orange:
Ginger:
Lemon:
Heather:
Alcohol:
Grape:
Dried Fruit:
Peat Smoke:
Cinnamon:
Barley:
Cherry:
Apple:
Herbs:
Almonds:
Cherry:
Hazelnut:
Leather:
Wheat:
Peach:
Fig:
Mint:
Blackberry:
Anis:
Berries:
Banana:
Tobacco:
Pineapple:
Mint:
Dark Chocolate:
Plum:
Blackberry:
Green Apple:
Cake:
Coffee:
Nutmeg:
Tropical Fruit:
Nutmeg:
Chili:
Cake:
Lemon Peel:
Floral:
Lime:
Lime:
Green Apple:
Grapefruit:
Grass:
Strawberry:
Date:
Date:
Salt:
Grass:
Maritime Notes:
Fig:
Grapefruit:
Leather:
Peach:
Pear:
Orange:
Barley:
Pineapple:
Melon:
Coffee:
Medicinal Smoke:
Hay:
Wheat:
Hay:
Finish
Spices:
Oak:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Malt:
Herb:
Zitrus:
Sweet:
Oak:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Pepper:
Spices:
Sherry:
Malt:
Dark Chocolate:
Herbs:
Vanilla:
Oil:
Herb:
Chocolate:
Heather:
Clove:
Apple:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Caramel:
Tobacco:
Floral:
Coffee:
Herbs:
Grape:
Pepper:
Almonds:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Cinnamon:
Orange:
Floral:
Ginger:
Berries:
Vanilla:
Alcohol:
Coffee:
Peat Smoke:
Almonds:
Oil:
Raisin:
Green Apple:
Lemon:
Dark Chocolate:
Nutmeg:
Fig:
Nutmeg:
Pear:
Alcohol:
Leather:
Ginger:
Chili:
Nuts:
Grape:
Tobacco:
Tropical Fruit:
Grapefruit:
Medicinal Smoke:
Berries:
Peach:
Salt:
Maritime Notes:
Green Apple:
Cherry:
Tropical Fruit:
Plum:
Leather:
Mint:
Honey:
Fig:
Dried Fruit:
Lemon:
Strawberry:
Lemon Peel:
Apple:
Maritime Notes:
Cake:
Grass:
Clove:
Blackberry:
Pineapple:
Mint:
Peach:
Salt:
Plum:
Cake:
Blackberry:
Caramel:
Hazelnut:
Seaweed:
Hazelnut:
Lime:
Cherry:
Grapefruit:
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The Whisky
A brick wall with the Letters Linkwood placed on themThe Speyside distillery of Linkwood has a very slim selection of official bottlings for prospective buyers to choose from. Official releases from the distillery have been very rare, and mainly limited to Diago's Flora and Fauna range, as well as United Distiller's Rare Malts range. There have also been a number of independent bottlings of Linkwood by such bottlers as Gordon & MacPhail, Duncan Taylor and Douglas Laing.
The vast majority of the spirit distilled at Linkwood is used is such Diageo-owned Blends as Johnnie Walker and White Horse. However, the distillery also sells of much of the spirit to other blenders.
The Production
The parking lot infront of the stillhous of the Linkwood distilleryLinkwood draws the water used in its production from the Milbules Spring, which flows beside the distillery. The production capacity of the distillery stands at an impressive 3.5 million liters a year. The distillery has gone through a series of renovations and refurbishments. In 1971, a second still house was built, which uses six large washbacks, as opposed to the older distillery, which uses five smaller ones.
The Pot Stills
The pot stills of the Linkwood distilleryLinkwood distillery has three wash and three spirit stills. The wash stills each have a capacity of 15'000 liters, while the spirit stills each have a capacity of 17'000. Both the wash and spirit stills have a pear shape, with large, spherical lids, and tall conical necks. The spirit stills spherical lids are wider than that of their wash counterparts, allowing for slightly different distillation flow in the still. The distillery is one of very few in Scotland that has not one but two still houses. Today, only one is used, with the original house having lain silent since 1996. The second still house was added in 1971 to increase the distillery's production capacity. Rumors say, that the second still house was started again for production.
The Maltings
The Mashtun of the Linkwood distilleryOriginally, the distillery used its own floor maltings, but now the distillery sources its malts from one of Diageo's industrial sources in Speyside. Linkwood distillery uses a combination of peated and unpeated malts, which are used for different distillation process, depending on the destination of the single malt being distilled.
The Warehouse
A cask inside the Linkwood warehouseLinkwood has a series of onsite warehouses, which are both dunnage and racked. Littlewood is aged in a combination of American Oak and Spanish Sherry casks, which are selected from a series of distilleries and vintners in America and Spain that the distillery has a long-standing relationship with.
The History
Peter Brown founded the distillery in 1821. At its inception, the site had only two stills, and Whisky operation wasn't entirely legal yet. The distillery formally began operations in 1825, after Whisky distillation was legalized. Brown's original distillery operated with only one wash still and one spirit still. Brown actually ran the distillery for over fifty years, until his death in 1868. Brown's son, William inherited the distillery, and demolished the original distillery to make way for the distillery today.
Visitor's Centre
Unfortunately none. Linkwood is an industrial complex.
Linkwood Distillery
Linkwood Road
Elgin
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IV30 8RD
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