St Magdalene OMC 1982 26yo St Magdalene Distillery - Linlithgow, West Lothian Douglas Laing bottling (purchase link). WhiskyBase reference page

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One of the cult lost Lowland distilleries, it's one of the many fatalities of 1983. A generally classic Lowland profile, people swear by many of these Linlithgow bottlings.. - see Malt Madness - St Magdalene for a detailed profile.
 

Tastes & Smells
Sweet smell initially, with 'good lemon' and almonds, a floral thing throughout. The lemon and flowers continued into the taste, now sour lemon and roses. Tinny flavours, finishing sour with a fizzy hit.

Worth shouting about?
My first St Magalene, and I was really excited to get to try one. I have to admit, I was pretty disappointed with it. It wasn't bad spirit, but just pretty sour for my tastes and a little sharp in the palate. It definitely smelled better than it tasted, but didn't give a huge amount of body (OK, it's a Lowland, but still..)

Summary & Ramblings
Tasted by the canal in Linlithgow, before we boarded the canal boat called the "St Magdalene", so couldn't have been much more of a suitable location. It was sour and metallic, with a few roses around the edges not unlike the canal boats by our sides.

Tasted on: 07/08/14 Bought: Just tasted. From: N/A State: Sober 6.7 1.3

On top of the canal boat "St Magdalene" - perfect.

tldr;
Really glad I got to taste this but it wasn't as good as I was hoping tinny, sour and not that much body, with a few redeeming features. It wasn't bad spirit, but definitely not for me (others liked it a lot more).
 
 

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