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1) One of the malt stills from which the blend was drawn. We believe this to have been Milburn, near Inverness. It finally closed in 1983, but not before it had contributed its northern finesse to The Last Drop

2) Feeding the kiln; nothing but peat was used by the older distillers for their powerful Island malts. The result is there to delight the connoisseur’s nose in The Last Drop

3) In their quest for the lost whiskies, the partners explored many remote and simple communities. It was in this little shop, in rural Cuminstown, that Peter discovered a local blending, which led him eventually to the lost cask that became The Last Drop

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4) Over the sea to… the outer Isles, where peat smoke and driven salt spray condition the ageing whiskies. You will detect their influence when you savour The Last Drop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) The Road to the North. The three friends covered thousands of miles across roads like this in their search for The Last Drop- no real hardship in such wonderful scenery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) The old Dunnage Warehouse at Auchentoshan, where the sherry casks lay for so many years before being bottled as The Last Drop.