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MILTONDUFF

10 years old

40 %

LAST BOTTLE AND EMPTY
Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

MILTON - DUFF GLENLIVET

12 years old

100 % Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
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van het alcoholpercentage
George Ballantine & Son Limited,
Dumbarton and Elgin
(Bottled a 20 years ago)

MILTONDUFF GLENLIVET

12 years old

43 %

From the Heart of Scotland
The Miltonduff Distillery, Elgin

The Miltonduff Distillery was built in 1824 close to the site of ancient Pluscarden Abbey, where Benedictine Monks once brewed renowed ales.

Legend has is that an abbot kneeling on a stone invoked a blessing on the waters of the nearby Black Burn and, thereafter the drink distilled from them was clalled 'Aqua Vita'

Clear water from this same burn is still used in making The Malt of Miltonduff.

MILTONDUFF

13 years old

43 %
THE ULTIMATE SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY SELECTION
Distilled 3/9/89
Matured in a Bourbon Barrel
Cask no. 67180
Bottled 28/11/02
Genummerde flessen
The Ultimate Whisky Company, N.L.

MILTONDUFF

36 years old

42,7%
PEERLESS
A Unique Whisky of Distinction
Fons etOrigo
DTC Cask Strenght
date distilled 02.1966
cask no. 1014
date bottled 12.2002
182 bottles
genummerde flessen
Duncan Taylor & Co.

MILTONDUFF

15 years old

46 %

LAST BOTTLE AND EMPTY
SPECIAL DISTILLERY BOTTLING
Allied Distillers Ltd., Dumbarton

MILTONDUFF

Aged 8 years

43 %

BATTLEHILL
Duncan Taylor & Co, Ltd,
Huntly, Aberdeenshire

On the outskirts of Huntly is a place renowed for its skirmishes between clans,

and of course our Sassenach neighbours. The battlehill, an important landmark

in scotland’s history !

FOUNDLAND HILLS

Aged 8 years

43 %
Distilled at Miltonduff
Bottled by Kincardine Bottlers
Limited Edition voor
Hanos nederland

MILTONDUFF

10 years old

58,9 %

ABV
FIRST CASK
NATURAL CASK STRENGHT
SINGLE CASK WHISKY
Distilled 05 - 03 - 1998
Cask number 3615
Wood Sherry Hogshead
Bottled 02-03-2009
Non Chill - Filtered
1 of 168 Bottles
- Fhuair e an toiseach orra -
First Cask series from
Whisky Import Nederland,

(W.I.N.) Uitgeest

Miltonduff 1998

This gigantic distillery startd life as a small illicit farm distillery. Nowadays a high – capacity

distillery for the Chivas and Ballantine’s blends, but its single malt is largely unknown

This example from a refill sherry cask is special. The nose starts clean with honey, pine nuts and dried fruit. A light prickling leads to sweet malty overtones with some vanilla and soft

yellow fruit. Milk chocolate, coffee and soft sweet smoke cover the tongue. This covering lasts forever. A fantastic balance for such a young whisky. The finish is very pleasant, light

bitterly sweet and warming. A proud First Cask bottling

MILTONDUFF

Aged 28 years

50.1 %
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
FROM A SINGLE CASK
Society Single Cask: Code 72.38
Distilled 27th November 1984
Cask Type: Refill Hogshead ex Bourbon
Outturn: Only One of 248 Bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
"Luscious, luxurious and velvety smooth."

We, theTasting Panel, verify that the Scotch Malt Whisky inside this bottle

has been passed under some of the most scupulous noses in the world

and approved for release as a Society bottling .

Only single cask whiskies that prmise to intrigue, entertain and delight

our members are selected, true to our motto: " TO LEAVE NO NOSE

UPTURNED"

From perfumed fruits, the nose shifts to caramel, biscotti and toffee

apples - all framed by wicker and oak. Anton Berg chocolates later.

The palate is velvety, elegant and luxurious -

toffee, dark berries. Walnut Whip and chocolate - coated raisins,

with traces of mahogany.

MILTONDUFF - GLENLIVET also see Mosstowie

Elgin, Morayshire. Licentiehouder: George Ballantine & Son Ltd. Onderdeel van Allied Distillers Ltd.

Miltonduff - Glenlivet is onderdeel van Caledonian Malt Whisky Distillers Ltd. De malt divisie van Allied Distillers Ltd. Deel uitmakend van Hiram Walker Group Ltd. Eigendom van Allied Lyons Pic.

Miltonduff staat op land dat eens het eigendom van het Benedictijner klooster te Pluscarden en was één van de meest welvarende kloostergemeenschappen vroeger, die land bezaten van Elgin tot Rothes.
Op een nieuwjaarsdag in de vijftiende eeuw zegende een monnik het water van de Black Burn en van toen af werd gedistilleerd gemaakt met water van deze bron, Aqua Vitae, water of life genoemd.

Er wordt gezegd dat er in deze omgeving een vijftigtal illegale distilleerderijen stonden.

In 1824 kreeg Miltonduff een licensie. Het gebouw van de voormalig kloosterbrouwerij werd ketelhuis van de nieuwe distilleerderij en de steen waarop de zegende monnik knielde, is ingemesteld in de muur van Miltonduff.
De eerste eigenaars waren Bain en Pearey maar die verkochten Miltonduff spoedig aan William Stuart die op zijn beurt de distilleerderij doorverkocht aan Thomas Yool die in 1936 Miltonduff verkoopt aan Allied Distillers.

In 1970 werd er uitgebreid.
Miltonduff had ook enkele jaren een 'Lomond' ketel in gebruik, waarvan de whisky onder de naam Mosstowie werd verkocht.

Miltonduff heeft een Mash tun van 15 ton.
Er staan 18 Wash backs van elk 50.000 liter.
De zes ketels worden met stoom verhit, de drie Wash stills hebben een inhoud van 18000 liter, de drie Spirit stills elk 17000 liter.
De jaarproduktie is 4.000.000 liter spirit.

Einde 1999:
na een verbouwing en modernisering van E 1 miljoen kan Miltonduff 5,25 miljoen spirit per jaar produceren.

2017 Ballantines launched 3 Single Malt Whiskies; Glenburgie 15 years old 40 %, Miltonduff 15 years old 40 % and Glentauchers 15 years old 40 %.

Established in 1824 from buildings once used as a meal-mill by the monks at the nearby Pluscarden Priory, Miltonduff Distillery produces a fragrant, flowery malt with hints of peat and vanilla.
It is said that the Black Burn from which the distillery draws its water, was blessed by a saintly abbot in the 15th century, and that the stone upon which he knelt was built in to the distillery walls.
Miltonduff Distillery was founded in 1824. The distillery was extensively modernised in the 1930s and again in the 1970s.
Miltonduff whisky is a very important part of the Ballantine blend. As well as a distillery the site is also home to laboratories, engineering support and centralised warehousing for Allied distilleries.
Miltonduff also produced Mosstowie Single Malt between 1964 and 1981.

Miltonduff was, briefly, part of Allied Distiller’s Caledonian Malts range (alongside Laphroaig, Tormore, Scapa and Glendronach) but other than a limited edition 18-year-old cask strength bottling, no official releases have taken place under Chivas Brothers' ownership. Licensed bottlings are made under the auspices of Gordon & MacPhail. Some Mosstowie (see below) also occasionally surfaces.

Also produced here:

Mosstowie

Pluscarden Valley

One wonders what the monks would have made of it. Moonshining was commonplace in the surroundings of Pluscarden Abbey in the smuggling era of the late 18th and early 19th century. Whether any monastic distillation ever took place is unknown – the original monastery fell into ruin in the early 17th century, but was restored in 1948 and is now the only medieval monastery still inhabited by monks. Distillation certainly took place at Milton Farm where the abbey’s old meal mill once stood.

Miltonduff (the suffix comes from Duff family which owned the estate) went legal in 1824 and by the end of the century was one of the largest producers in Scotland, making in excess of one million litres a year and using triple distillation (an unusual technique for Highland/Speyside distilleries).

Its next landmark came in 1936 when it was bought by Canadian distiller Hiram Walker which was beginning its Scottish expansion (Ballantine’s, Dumbarton).

In 1964, a pair of ‘Lomond’ stills was installed producing a malt which was named Mosstowie. The stills operated until 1981. A significant expansion in 1974 saw capacity increased to more than 5m litres per annum with three pairs of stills now operating. In 2005 it became part of Chivas Brothers.

1824

A license to distil at Miltonduff

is obtained by Andrew Peary

and Robert Bain

1866

The distillery is purchased by

William Stuart

1895

Thomas Yool & Co becomes

a shareholder

1936

Canadian group Hiram Walker

buys Miltonduff

1964

A pair of Lomond stills are installed

and produce the Mosstowie brand

of whisky

1974

Capacity is increased to over 5m

litres in a significant expansion

1981

The Lomond stills are replaced

by two pot stills

1987

Allied Lyons, having bought 51% of

Hiram Walker the previous year,

purchases the group outright

1991

Miltonduff appears in the

Caledonian Malts line-up

2005

Pernod Ricard (Chivas Brothers)

takes over the distillery following

its acquisition of Allied Domecq

2017

A 15 year old is released

2020

Capacity: 5.800.000 Ltrs

202

A 19 years old exclusive to Asia is released

A new distillery next to Miltonduff will be build

the next years

CAPACITY (MLPA) i

5.9

CONDENSER TYPE i

Shell and tube.

Each still has a sub cooler

FERMENTATION TIME i

Minimum 48hrs

GRIST WEIGHT (T) i

HEAT SOURCE i

Gas, steam via heat

exchanger and

thermocompression system

MALT SPECIFICATION i

Unpeated

MALT SUPPLIER i

Simpsons, Bairds

MASH TUN MATERIAL i

Stainless Steel

MASH TUN TYPE i

Lauter

NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i

68-69%

SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i

15,000

SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i

Onion

SPIRIT STILL SIZE (L) i

18,200

STILLS i

6 (3 wash, 3 spirit)

WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i

12,000

WASH STILL SHAPE i

Onion

WASH STILL SIZE (L) i

22,730

WASHBACK CHARGE (L) i

36,000

WASHBACK TYPE i

Stainless steel

WASHBACKS i

WATER SOURCE i

The Black Burn

YEAST TYPE i

Mauri Liquid

Pernod Ricard

2005 - present

Chivas Brothers

Allied Domecq

1994 - 2005

Allied Lyons

1987 - 1994

Hiram Walker & Sons

1936 - 1987

William Stuart & Co

1866 - 1936

Andrew Pearey

1824 - 1866

Robert Bain

2017 Ballantines launched

3 Single Malt Whiskies;

Glenburgie 15 years old 40 %,

Miltonduff 15 years old 40 % and

Glentauchers 15 years old 40 %.

Einde 1999:
na een verbouwing en modernisering van E 1 miljoen kan Miltonduff 5,25 miljoen spirit per jaar produceren.

Allied Distillers Februari 2003
Dumbarton Distillery sluit. Het komplex waar ook het hoofdkantoor van Allied was gevestigd, herbergde ook de Dumbarton Grain distilleerderij, en ook werden de malt whiskies Lomond, waarvan slechts één botteling bekend is, uitgebracht door de Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh onder code nummer 98.1, en Inverleven.

2004.

De capaciteit van de Grain distilleerderij Strathclyde

wordt vergroot tot 39 miljoen liter
spirit per jaar, dat was 32 miljoen liter.
Het hoofdkantoor wordt gevestigd te Kilmalid.
Het enorme gebouwencomplex is verkocht

aan twee projectontwikkelaars.

2017 Ballantines launched 3 Single Malt Whiskies; Glenburgie 15 years old 40 %, Miltonduff 15 years old 40 % and Glentauchers 15 years old 40 %.

Its next landmark came in 1936 when it was bought by Canadian distiller Hiram Walker which was beginning its Scottish expansion (Ballantine’s, Dumbarton).

1824

A license to distil at Miltonduff

is obtained by Andrew Peary

and Robert Bain

1866

The distillery is purchased by

William Stuart

1895

Thomas Yool & Co becomes

a shareholder

1936

Canadian group Hiram Walker

buys Miltonduff

1964

A pair of Lomond stills are

installed and produce the

Mosstowie brand of whisky

1974

Capacity is increased to over

5m litres in a significant expansion

1981

The Lomond stills are replaced

by two pot stills

1987

Allied Lyons, having bought 51%

of Hiram Walker the previous year,

purchases the group outright

1991

Miltonduff appears in the

Caledonian Malts line-up

2005

Pernod Ricard (Chivas Brothers)

takes over the distillery following

its acquisition of Allied Domecq

CAPACITY (MLPA) i

5.9

CONDENSER TYPE i

Shell and tube. Each still has a

sub cooler

FERMENTATION TIME i

Minimum 48hrs

GRIST WEIGHT (T) i

HEAT SOURCE i

Gas, steam via heat exchanger

and thermocompression system

MALT SPECIFICATION i

Unpeated

MALT SUPPLIER i

Simpsons, Bairds

MASH TUN MATERIAL i

Stainless Steel

MASH TUN TYPE i

Lauter

NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i

68-69%

SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i

15,000

SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i

Onion

SPIRIT STILL SIZE (L) i

18,200

STILLS i

6 (3 wash, 3 spirit)

WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i

12,000

WASH STILL SHAPE i

Onion

WASH STILL SIZE (L) i

22,730

WASHBACK CHARGE (L) i

36,000

WASHBACK TYPE i

Stainless steel

WASHBACKS i

WATER SOURCE i

The Black Burn

YEAST TYPE i

Mauri Liquid

Mosstowie

Mosstowie was one of a handful of short-lived malt whiskies produced on Lomond stills within another distillery – in this case Miltonduff, near Elgin.

Hiram Walker (Scotland) Ltd. was the great pioneer of Lomond stills in the 1950s. Compared to traditional pot stills they were a lot more versatile – you could adjust the position of the lyne arm and the number of rectifying plates in the neck to vary the amount of reflux and thus heaviness of the spirit. It was deemed perfect for the company’s flagship blend – Ballantine’s Finest, and so Lomond stills were installed at Hiram Walker’s Inverleven, Glenburgie, Scapa and Miltonduff distilleries.

The whisky produced using Miltonduff’s Lomond stills was named Mosstowie, and while the majority was used for the Ballantine’s blend, there have been occasional independent bottlings as a single malt.

The Canadian distiller Hiram Walker had owned George Ballantine & Son since 1935, and bought Miltonduff distillery on Speyside a year later.

With the post-war surge in blended Scotch, especially in North America, the firm needed to ramp up production and produce a sufficient variety of malts for the likes of Ballantine’s Finest. One of these was Mosstowie – a so-called ‘Lomond malt’ which went into production in 1964 at Miltonduff distillery.

But with the rectifying plates notoriously hard to clean and little demand from other blenders, Mosstowie was abandoned in 1981 and the stills were ripped out and replaced with traditional pot stills.