North British 1991 20 Year Old Californian Sherry Cask Signatory

North British 1963 / 50 Year Old / Cask #10268

Andrew Usher, generally considered to be the father of blends, was involved with the foundation of the North British distillery in 1885. Located west from Edinburgh, it produces a massive 42 million liters of grain whisky per year. Today I am trying a 50 years old that was bottled by Douglas Laing in their Director’s Cut range, bottled three years...

Score 86/100

North British G1.8 - A bag of assorted boiled sweets

Here's a Sunday treat, and a lucky one at that - three grain whiskies from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society! I rarely get to taste SMWS bottles, let alone grain whiskies at all. So tonight, let's do all three! For those who are new to this style of whisky, grain whiskies are distilled from a mixture of malted barley and other unmalted cereals such...

Score 82/100

North British 50 Year Old 1962 Archives

The boys of whiskybase.com released this 50 Year Old grain in their so-called Fourth Release from Archives. A tour the force for Menno and his crew. It was distilled at North British in 1962 and the hogshead yielded only 168 bottles. Immediately after pouring this dram, the nose starts its seduction. Of course vanilla, coconut and even banana are...

Score 89/100

SMWS G1.7 - Flamed Christmas Pudding

"A grain whisky?", I hear you cry. "I thought this was a malt society?" Hang on though. This is no normal grain whisky. Some time back around the birth of the interwebs (Christmas 1990), the spirit for this bottle went into an old sherry cask. 19 years on, it's got a Scotch Malt Whisky Society label and a thirst for that...

Score 90/100