Millburn 1971 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Millburn 1983/1995 James Mac Arthur's

Millburn the last of the Inverness-three on my list and coincidentally also the last one to close its doors now more than thirty years ago. Most surprisingly it was also the only one to be spared from demolition, being turned into the restaurant/Premier Inn hotel that it still is today. You can still see it today, though little in the architecture...

Score 83/100

Millburn 35 Year Old 1969 Rare Malts Selection

This Millburn 1969 is one of the few semi official bottlings from this closed distillery. First they turned it into a Beefeater restaurant (just like they did with Rosebank), then it was converted into a Premier Inn motel. So this is a bit of liquid history. And a distillate from before I was born, which is always a bit special. Ooh, what is this?...

Score 92/100

Millburn 17 Year Old 1983 Signatory

The Un-Chillfiltered Collection is bottled, as the name suggest, without chill filtration. Well, since this 17 Year Old Millburn was bottled at 46% ABV, there was no need. The sherry cask yielded no less than 685 bottles. The nose offers a strange mix of mashed potatoes, butterscotch, Sevilla oranges, hay, butane gas and cardboard. After having...

Score 84/100

Millburn 1972 Rare Vintage

The oldest distillery from Inverness, founded in 1807, had the same name as the town. When she was acquired by David Rose in 1853, she was converted into a grain mill, only to be reinstated as a distillery in 1876. Andrew Haig – of the famous blend – took over in 1892 and rechristened it Millburn Distillery. In 1985 she closed and in 1988 the...

Score 86/100