Mosstowie – 1979, Gordon & Macphail (40%)

A single malt from Mosstowie, distilled in 1979 and bottled in 2002 by Gordon & Macphail at 40% ABV. Mosstowie was made at Miltonduff distillery in Speyside. It was a so-called Lomond malt, in production at Miltonduff from 1964. Hiram Walker, the Canadian distiller that had owned George Ballantine & Son since 1935 and bought Miltonduff a year later, needed a wider range of malts for blends such as Ballantine's Finest. The rectifying plates were hard to clean and other blenders showed little demand, so production ended in 1981 and the stills were replaced with traditional pot stills.