Founded in 1885, the North British grain distillery in Edinburgh is one of the largest in the UK, knocking out well over a million litres of spirit a week. A fair chunk of that output is Smirnoff, of course, but we won't hold that against them.
The vast majority of the grain whisky made at North British goes to joint owners Diageo & Edrington's blended scotch whiskies: Famous Grouse, J&B, Johnnie Walker and the like. So it's a rare and welcome sight when a long-aged single Lowland grain whisky from North British arrives on our virtual shelves - and even more so when it's a sherry cask.
This particular example is a refill sherry cask dug up by the splendid folk at Signatory, who've bottled this 29-year-old North British 1991 in 2020 at its natural cask strength of 49.2%. It seems inconceivable that this will be anything other than excellent.
Attributes
Distillery
North British
Bottler
Signatory Vintage
Series
Cask Strength Collection
Country
Scotland
Region
Lowland
Distilled Year
1991
Bottling Year
2020
Age
29
Bottles Produced
381
Cask Number
262082
Cask Type
Refill Sherry Butt
Bottle Size
70cl
ABV
49.2%
Pre-Owned
No
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North British 1991-2020 | 29 Year Old | Signatory Vintage Cask 262082
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Admittedly, I haven't tried every whisky in the world. I like the Laphroaig, peaty and uncompromising end of the single malt scale. This is my current favourite. A brutal and beautiful drink. Harsh and refined; sour and sweet. Dangerously tasty. A real find for me, this one.
I acquired mine after someone had poured it away, and used the empty as a candle holder. Despite imbibing this Glenrothes from a drain, it was decent. 57.1% seemed to remove any of the drain ickiness. It has also somewhat dulled the pain I'm still in from recently trapping my, ahem, in my zipper.
