North Port 1981 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare

Brechin 1977 28 Year Old

Brechin (also known as 'North Port') is not a widely available single malt. The distillery was founded in 1820 and closed time and again for shorter periods until it was mothballed in 1983 and afterwards slowly dismantled. This expression was distilled in 1977, matured in refill American oak casks and bottled in 2005 with a total outturn of 2,040...

Score 86/100

North Port Brechin 24 Year Old 1975 Signatory

Signatory bottled this North Port whisky in their so-called Vintage Collection, meaning cask strength, in this case a whopping 61,1% ABV. It is very pale, despite the fact that it matured on a sherry cask. Refill means that the cask already has been used for three or even four cycles. The nose is somewhat dirty. Apart from mineral elements (grass,...

Score 85/100

North Port Brechin G&M 1970 Vintage

North Port, Brechin, North Port Brechin or even Townhead distillery? A distillery unsure of its own name risks falling by the wayside. And let that just be what happened. The East-Highland town of Brechin used to be home to two farm-sized operations, neither of them an oil painting: Glencadam and North Port. While the renovated Glencadam survived...

Score 83/100

North Port Brechin 24 Year Old 1981 Gordon & Macphail

North Port distillery is no more. It closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1990. At the site, there is currently a supermarket. The distillery started out as Brechin distillery, a name that can also be seen on many labels, including on this one from independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. The waxy nose (candlewax, furniture polish) offers mostly...

Score 77/100