The Miltonduff 15 Year Old

The Miltonduff is one of Scotland’s hidden work horse distilleries, having spent the vast majority of its life producing malt whisky for blenders. For the past century it’s provided all the warmth and power as the foundation for Ballantine’s, but being the key ingredient for such a major blend means the Master Blender becomes very protective over his stock and The Miltonduff rarely sees the light of day as a single malt!

This month of course that’s all about to change as Ballantine’s launches their first ever single malt series to showcase The Miltonduff 15 Year Old, alongside the two other ‘signature’ hidden distilleries behind the blend. In addition to its foundation malt, The Miltonduff 15 YO, they’re also revealing the Glenburgie 15 YO, which delivers Ballantine’s concentrated fruitiness and honeyed sweetness, and the Glentauchers 15 YO, which provides the floral heather finish.

Lucky for you, The Miltonduff 15 Year Old is a Whisky Club Exclusive, only available to our Members, not available anywhere else in Australia and with extremely limited distribution globally, but the good news if you want to collect all three is you can also pick up the Glenburgie at Dan Murphy’s and the Glentauchers at Duty Free. After all, you’re already one of a privileged few to have The Miltonduff, so why not complete your Ballantine’s single malt collection while you’re at it?

Ballantine’s The Miltonduff 15 Year Old itself showcases The Miltonduff in all its glory, pure and unadulterated, the way we like it! Aged 15 years, this is a true Speyside; smooth, creamy and floral but also with a hint of cloves and cinnamon spice, lots of liquorice and a beautiful long, luscious finish. Quite simply, it’s one of Scotland’s biggest hidden gems by far and is hands down our coolest dram yet. Enjoy!