Miltonduff 1987 24 Year Old Dun Bheagan

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2008 Duncan Taylor The Octave

Duncan Taylor has a series called ‘The Octave’, in which whisky matured in a smaller cask. After all, on octave is only 1/8th of a regular barrel. So maturation is faster as there is more contact with the wood. That probably explains why this Miltonduff was bottled after only 9 years (along with some sister casks). The nose is very herbal and...

Score 83/100

Miltonduff 1998, Berry Bros and Rudd c#3605

As I write this review we are now just a couple of days removed for Connosr’s very own Whisky and Music festival; Pure. It was quite a weekend and an undoubted success being both very well attended and hugely enjoyable. Myself and Martin Christy headed up the Seventypercent.com Whisky and Chocolate pairing stand over the weekend, aiming to show...

Score 86/100

Miltonduff 8 Year Old 1999 Daily Dram

Miltonduff is one of the old distilleries, operational since 1824 (or even before that, albeit illegaly). It is one of the malts that gives body and character to blends like Ballantine's, Teacher's, Old Smuggler and Chivas Regal. But today we will try an independent bottling from Daily Dram. They dubbed this 8 Year Old ‘Mille Tonnes d'Oeufs’ (a...

Score 82/100

Miltonduff 10 Year Old 2009 The Whisky Mercenary

The Whisky Mercenary, Belgian bottler Jürgen Vromans, always has these fun labels, doesn’t he? And this is his very first Miltonduff. The lion’s share of this Speyside distillery’s production disappears in the famous blend Ballantine’s, but I’ve had to the good fortune of tasting some lovely single casks. I hope this one fits the bill....

Score 86/100