Linkwood – 1956 25 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice (75cl, 45.7%)

This is a Linkwood distilled in 1956 and bottled at 25 years old by Gordon & MacPhail of Elgin. It was released in the early 1980s as part of the Connoisseurs Choice series, in the brown label design used at that time. The whisky has a deep chestnut colour, which points to time in sherry casks of the kind Gordon & MacPhail were using then. The label gives the strength as 80 proof, which works out at 45.7% ABV. It comes in a 75cl bottle.