16 - Linkwood 17 Year Old 59.5% Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl
17-year-old single malt from Linkwood here, distilled in 2006, the whisky was filled into a single oloroso sherry butt to mature. That cask was opened up by the gang at North Star Spirits, yielding a total outturn of 575 bottles.
70cl
ABV 59.5%
Net weight: 1.6kg
Tasting Notes
Nose: Sweet apple pastries and zesty citrus peels, creamy grist and fruit-packed flapjack.
Palate: Boiled sweets and honeyed malt, buttery oak, and soft, sweet spice.
Finish: Malt loaf, baking spice and sweet old oak.
North Star Spirits
The North Star is the anchor of the northern sky. It is a landmark, or sky marker that helps those who follow it determine direction as it glows brightly to guide and lead toward a purposeful destination. It also has a symbolic meaning, for the North Star depicts a beacon of inspiration and hope to many. North Star Spirits focuses its energies on the curiosities, peculiar oddities, and obscurities - whisky as it comes, straight from the cask and into a bottle - without any fancy tricks.