One of the oldest distilleries that no-one's ever heard of, Miltonduff was originally an illegal farm distillery called Milton, adding the 'Duff' when it obtained its license in 1824. Yet it is second only to Glenlivet in Pernod Ricard's Chivas group of distilleries, with a massive potential capacity of over 5 million litres/year. Read More »
Given that Miltonduff is the seventh largest distillery in Scotland, one would think that it would be more common - however the vast majority of its output goes into the Ballantine's blends. This G&M bottling has an attractive grassy, fruity character.
A 1990 vintage whisky from Miltonduff, distilled in May, matured for 21 years in a refill hogshead and bottled in November of 2011 by the folks at Douglas Lain for their Old Malt Cask range of whiskies.
A Gordon & Macphail bottling of little-seen Speysider Miltonduff. From the colour, we're hazarding a guess that this is from sherry wood. Bottled in 2008, just shy of its 40th birthday.
A rare 1980s bottling of the little-seen Miltonduff distillery. This is from the 1965 vintage and was bottled in the mid-1980s by Italian importer Moon after 20 years maturation in sherry casks.