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King of the castle We sit down with Tomas Karlsson, owner of the world’s biggest collection of St. Magdalene whisky, to discuss his love of the lost distillery inside the unique surroundings of his Glasgow castle. Tomas, tell us about your love for St. Magdalene. What appeals to you about this distillery? There are a couple of reasons. First, it’s a beautiful name of course, and I love the whisky. I started collecting lost distilleries, and then when I started to taste St. Magdalene, I found that it was my kind of dram. It is a Lowland whisky, so it’s quite easy drinking. How big is your collection? I have about 212 different editions of St. Magdalene, and in total almost 400 bottles. Are there other distilleries you are interested in, or is it just St. Magdalene? No, I drink mostly old blends; that is my kind of thing. The blends I drink go back to the 1960s and 1970s. Current blends are not quite the same.
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I know that for sure that I am the biggest collector of St. Magdalene in the world.
