Linlithgow – 1982 24 Year Old Old Malt Cask (70cl, 50%)

Linlithgow – 1982 24 Year Old Old Malt Cask is a whisky from Linlithgow (Lowland). Aged 24 years, bottled at 50% ABV, 70cl. St Magdalene, or Linlithgow as it was also known, was a sizeable distillery occupying a prime position between the Union Canal and railway line. The distillery benefitted not only from its own rail sidings but its own wharf as well, where coal and coke were landed to fire St Magdalene’s stills. The distillery was built in the mid-18th century by Sebastian Henderson, to oppose the construction of Bulzion distillery that appeared a few years earlier. Henderson had rented the lands of St. Magdalene’s Cross convent from the Countess of Dalhousie to build the distillery. In 1798 the distiller and provost Adam Dawson, who already operated the adjacent Bonnytoun distillery, bought St Magdalene and transferred his operation across. Dawson’s business soon grew so that St. Magdalene absorbed the original Bonnytoun site, stretching out across 10 acres of land. St Magdalene was the last of the five distilleries to close in the royal burgh of Linlithgow in 1983, and it has now been turned into flats which can still be recognised by the pagoda vents that are a prominent feature of the buildings. Two official bottlings were released as part of the Rare Malts series as well as several independent bottlings. Having been in specialist and craft Scotch Whisky production for generations, Douglas Laing originally exported blends, but now carries the family name down the line by focusing on bottling exceptional single malts and grains as part of their Old Particular, Provenance and XOP ranges. They also enjoy huge success with their “Remarkable Regional Malts” range; a series of creatively named vatted malts, designed to epitomise the characteristics of Scotland’s whisky regions. The Old Malt Cask range is usually bottled at a preferred strength of 50%, known as “golden strength”, as it is believed this strength allows the drinker to experience the malt in its full and redolent glory. Linlithgow Please note wear to carton