Mosstowie 1973-2018 - 45 Year Old - Signatory Vintage 30th Anniversary - Single Cask 7622

INFORMATION

Mosstowie 1973 - 2018. 45 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage for their 30th Anniversary 1988-2018. Single Cask 7622. One of 410 bottles from a Refill Sherry Butt. 70cl. 51.6%.

DISTILLERY:Mosstowie

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:51.6%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:410

BOTTLER:Signatory Vintage

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:7622

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1973

BOTTLING DATE::2018

AGE:45

Mosstowie was not a distillery - the name was given to a particular style of experimental whisky made at Miltonduff, a workhorse distillery for the Ballantine’s blended whisky brand. Miltonduff was fitted in 1964 with a pair of Lomond stills - curious hybrids consisting of a normal pot still base with a neck containing rectifying plates like a column still, designed to enable a distiller to increase reflux and produce different styles of spirit.

Mosstowie was made at Miltonduff until 1981, when the Lomond stills were replaced with traditional pot stills. The vast majority of Mosstowie’s whisky was used for blending, but there have been some very successful independent bottlings over the years. Most of the best Mosstowies are from Signatory Vintage, although other notable bottlings have appeared from the SMWS, Gordon & MacPhail, La Maison du Whisky and the Italian bottler Sestante.