The Linkwood Distillery is a whisky distillery in Elgin, in the Speyside region of Scotland. The distillery was built in 1821 by Peter Brown. However, his distillery was completely demolished and rebuilt by his son William in the 1870s. A new stillhouse with four new stills was added in the 1970s and is now the focus of malt production – the old washbacks are the only part of the old distillery
still in use. Shortly after the DCL takeover in 1936 (Diageo's previous incarnation), the distillery was run by a superstitious Gael called Roderick Mackenzie, who famously believed that all things in the distillery contributed to the final product. Even the cobwebs.
In 1971 the a second distillery was built alongside the first, which became known as Linkwood B. Today Linkwood is owned by the drinks giant Diageo, and the vast majority of production goes into the Johnnie Walker and White Horse blends. Linkwood is commonly seen as an independent bottling, alongside Diageo's Flora and Fauna 12 year old release.Show more