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Scotch Single Malt Whisky - St Magdalene
The St Magdalene Distillery stood on a historic site, in the 12th century a hospital was established by the Knights Templar to treat lepers. This was replaced at some point by the St Magdalene convent.
The first distillery in Linlithgow was Bulzon in 1750 this was followed shortly after by Bonnytourn founded by Andrew Dawson, one of the first recorded licensed distillers.
Sebastian Henderson obtained land adjacent to the Bonnytourn distillery and built the St Magdalene distillery. Possibly 1765. At one point the village of Linlithgow had five licensed distilleries.
In 1798 Andrew Dawson purchased the St Magdalene distillery from Sebastian Henderson. Because St Magdalene was the better distillery he switched output from Bonnytourn to St Magdalene. Eventually absorbing Bonnytourn in to St Magdalene as one large site.
The distillery became a limited company in 1895.
The Dawson family was involved with production at Saint Magdalene between 1798 until 1912 when it went into liquidation, when it was acquired by the DCL.
Three years later in 1915 became one of the founding five distilleries of Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). Along with Clydesdale, Glenkinchie Grange and Rosebank).
The distillery was refitted in 1927.
The distillery like many others was closed in 1983 due to over production. The site was sold for residential development, some of the buildings converted into apartments.
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Old Malt Cask 26 Year Old St Magdalene |
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Bin No |
OMC1615 |
Region |
Lowland |
Size |
70cl |
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ABV |
50% |
Bottled by |
Douglas Laing |
Price |
£99.50 |
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Nose: Fresh, fruity with citric quality and late sweetness + vanilla. Palate: Opens sweet with candied orange peel in chocolate. Finish: Medium long and carries a tanginess of orange pith. Comment: The orange flavour is magnified when accompanied by a good expresso! 90 points - Jim Murray's 2010 Whisky Bible |
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