North British 33 Year Old 1978 Rare Auld Duncan Taylor

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 14 Year Old 1991 Signatory Vintage

My first encounter with North British (coincidentally exactly one year ago, also from Signatory) was a disappointment. But when I tasted the 11 Year Old from Berry Bros & Rudd during a whisky dinner in Antwerp, I was pleasantly surprised. So let us see what this 14 Year Old can do for me, matured on a Californian sherry cask and bottled at...

Score 83/100

North British 15 Year Old 2000 Malts of Scotland

Grain whisky in a sherry cask… it does not happen often. But if it works – as it does in this bottling – it can give you a fantastic whisky. The German Malts of Scotland released this North British 2000 at the end of 2015. Judging by the color, it slept on a fairly active cask. It should not come as a surprise that the first whiff is rife with...

Score 87/100

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