about the distillery

Situated in the Laich of Moray, just a few minutes from the county town of Elgin there was a number of illicit stills in the area but Miltonduff was the only one who became legal in 1824. Ideally located to take advantage of the locally grown barley, the distillery also has a wonderfully consistent water source taking water from the Black Burn which runs adjacent to the distillery.

A few miles upstream from the distillery lies Pluscarden Abbey where the monks have been making beer for almost 900 years which is further testament to the quality of the water from the Black Burn.

In 1964 there was also a pair of Lomond stills put into the distillery producing a spirit know as Mosstowie, the name of local area around the distillery. The stills were decommissioned in 1981 and replaced by another set of pot stills making three pairs.

In 2005 the distillery was purchased by French company Pernod Ricard and is currently undergoing a very extensive upgrade. Miltonduff still remains one of the key malts in the Ballantines family which itself is one of the most popular Scotch Whiskies in the world.