Linlithgow distillery in the Scottish Lowlands, also known as St Magdalene, is considered one of Scotland's great lost distilleries. A victim, along with so many others, of the 1980s downturn, it has become a cult name synonymous with old school, difficult, yet charming and beautiful Lowland whisky. 

Linlithgow / St. Magdalene is one of these malts that should be experienced by any true whisky lover before all stocks disappear or become too expensive. It is one of the best examples of a style of whisky that is no longer made in Scotland. Linlithgow's single malt whisky may have been a Lowlander by name and place, but on the palate it often displays distinctly Highland aspects to its character. It was, and always will remain, one of the few true individuals of Scottish distilling.

It is well worth seeking out some of the (thankfully) many bottlings that exist from this wonderful lost distillery. They can be very difficult, typically unsexy and often demanding and hard to work with, but given time and patience they can become the most wonderfully balanced and complex examples of old school Scottish distilling. St Magdalene is definitely a malt to try while you still can.