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St.
Magdalene - aka Linlithgow - Scotch
Malt Whisky - Region:
Lowlands
WF
Distillery Ranking: Premier
Cru Classé 
(all
current rankings here)
Status:
silent since 1983 - Stills:
4 (2 wash, 2 spirit) - Founded:
1798
Address:
Linlithgow, West Lothian - Phone:
Web: -
More info:
Distillery
Profile by MM’s Robert Karlsson -
Malt
Madness
My
favourite expression so far:
St. Magdalene 15
yo 1964/1979 (45.7%, Cadenhead)
94 points - Last tasted: August
27, 2007 - Tasting notes: here |
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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Lemons Tea Grassy Oil
Peat Apple peelings Austere Oak Ashes Hay
Olives |
MM
Distillery profile:
Saint Magdalene distillery (a.k.a. Linlithgow;
named after the town where it was loacted) is
one of the long lost distilleries I weep for.
I wasn't always as sentimental about Lowland distilleries
though - my first experiences with young Lowlanders
like Auchentoshan and Glenkinchie (in the early
1990's) pushed me towards Highland and Islay malts.
After pretty much neglecting Lowland malts for
almost a decade, a chance encounter with the 1979
Rare Malts bottling set me straight. The distillery
may have been established ....
More
on Malt Madness. |
| Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF) |
| OB
- vintage |
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- Linlithgow
30 yo 1973/2004 (59.6%, OB, 1500 bottles) -
270807
- Saint
Magdalene 19 yo 1979/1998 (63.8%, UD Rare Malts)
- no notes - 92
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| Berry
Bros & Rudd |
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- St
Magdalene 1982/2008 (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd,
cask #2199) - 080209
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| Blackadder |
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- Linlithgow
26 yo 1975/2002 (59.3%, Blackadder, cask #30012,
328 bottles) - 310307
- St
Magdalene 25 yo 1982/2008 (61.8%, Blackadder
Raw Cask, cask #2180, 603 bottles) - 080209
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| Cadenhead
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- St.
Magdalene 15 yo 1964/1979 (45.7%, Cadenhead)
- 270807
- Saint
Magdalene 23 yo 1975/1999 (41.5%, Cadenhead's)
- no notes - 88
- Linlithgow
26 yo 1975/2001 (50%, DL Old Malt Cask) - no
notes - 86
- St.
Magdalene 11 yo 1982/1994 (61.5%, Cadenhead)
- 270807
- St-Magdalene
12 yo 1982/1995 (63.8%, Cadenhead) - 150105
- Linlithgow 1982 (64.3%, Cadenhead, White Label, cask #2841) - 050110
- St Magdalene 26 yo 1982/2008 (52.7%, Cadenhead) - 050110
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| Chieftain's - McLeod |
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- St Magdalene 26 yo 1982/2009 (55%, Chieftain's, butt, cask #2219, 348 bottles) - 180112
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| Douglas
Laing |
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- Linlithgow
31 yo 1970/2002 (52.4%, Douglas Laing Platinum
series, 139 bottles) - 250107
- Linlithgow
26 yo 1974/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC, 330
bottles) - 291107
- Saint
Magdalene 24 yo 1978/2002 (50%, DL OMC, 504
bottles, Btl. 12/'02) - no notes - 90
- St
Magdalene 23 yo 1982/2006 (50%, Douglas Laing
OMC, DL ref 2718, 329 bottles) - 041106
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- St Magdalene 18 yo 1964 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, old brown label) - 240211
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| Hart
Bros |
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- St
Magdalene 21 yo 1982/2003 (56.5%, Hart Bros)
- 041106
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| MacKillop's
Choice |
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- Linlithgow
1982/1999 (62.7%, Mackillop’s Choice,
cask #1337) - 270807
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| Murray
McDavid |
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- Linlithgow
29 yo 1975/2004 (46%, Murray McDavid Mission
IV) - 250107
- St
Magdalene 24 yo 1982/2006 (58.3%, Murray McDavid
Mission Gold, enhanced in Vintage Port casks,
446 bottles) - 310307
- Linlithgow
25 yo 1982/2007 (51.4%, Murray McDavid, Mission
Gold, 1000 bottles) - 291107
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| SMWS |
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- St Magdalene 1975/1987 (64.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #49.1, 75cl, screw cap) - 180112
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| Scotch
Single Malt Circle |
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- Linlithgow
1975/2001 (50.2%, Scotch Single Malt Circle,
cask #96/315) - 250107
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| Scott's
Selection |
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- Linlithgow
1975/1999 (56.3%, Scott’s Selection) -
070404
- Linlithgow
1982/2000 (61.6%, Scott's selection) - no notes
- 82
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| Signatory
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- Linlithgow
29 yo 1975/2005 (48.7%, Signatory Cask Strength
Collection, cask #96/3/38) - 220305
- Linlithgow
18 yo 1982/2001 (43%, Signatory, cask #3002,
472 bottles) - no notes - 80
- Linlithgow
25 yo 1982/2008 (59.2%, Signatory for LMDW,
cask #2201, 388 bottles) - 101008
- Linlithgow 26 yo 1982/2009 (61.2%, Signatory for Claudio Bernasconi, wine treated butt, cask #08/458, 300 bottles) - 050110
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| Silver
Seal |
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- Linlithgow 27 yo 1974/2001 (50%, Silver Seal, First Bottling, 220 bottles) - 240211
- St. Magdalene 27 yo 1982/2009 (54%, Silver Seal, 400th Anniversary of Galileo, 180 bottles) - 240211
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| Single
Malts of Scotland |
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- Linlithgow
23 yo 1982/2006 (60.0%, The Single Malts of
Scotland, cask #2891) - 250107
- Linlithgow
25 yo 1982/2008 (46%, The Single Malts of Scotland,
cask #8902, 245 bottles) - 101008
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| Various
IB |
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- Linlithgow 25 yo (62.4%, David Croll and www.whisk-e.co.jp) - 050110
- St Magdalene 27 yo 1982/2009 (58.6%, Whisky Tales, 184 bottles) - 180112
- Linlithgow 28 yo 1982/2011 (46%, Mo Or collection, release #7, cask #2203, 900 bottles) - 180112
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