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St Magdalene 1979 SMWS 49.6

Lot: 5098641

St Magdalene 1979 SMWS 49.6

Winning Bid: £1,561

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Lot:
Distillery: 
St Magdalene
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1979
Region: 
Lowland
Bottler: 
SMWS
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
63.6% ABV
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

St Magdalene 1979 SMWS 49.6

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

This whisky was distilled in June 1979 and laid to rest before being bottled in 1995.

St Magdalene, also known as Linlithgow (after its home town) was a large distillery who's output was almost entirely for the purposes of blending. It was built in the 18th century, but was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) in 1912, who operated it until its closure in 1983. Like many others, it was deemed surplus to requirements as the blended Scotch market hit a downturn, leaving DCL over-supplied. As a result of this, its single malt is particularly rare. It was only officially bottled three times by Diageo, but a number of increasingly sought after releases have been bottled by independent companies over the years. The collectability of which is likely only to increase, as unlike other members of the 1983 club, St Magdalene was demolished and is not in line for a resurrection.

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