North British 1991 17 Year Old Californian Sherry Cask Signatory

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 12 Year Old 1997 Signatory

North British is a grain distillery near the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, founded in 1885. The single grain we are trying today was distilled in 1997 and bottled at the age of 12 by Signatory. The nose is light and reminds me of vodka, with some vanilla, sweet corn and a touch of oak. Rather grainy with barely any depth. Leave it for a while and...

Score 70/100

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 Master of Malt North British 20 Year Old 1991 Single Cask

Time for another of Master of Malts latest single casks.This was distilled on the 22nd January 1991, and was aged in a first fill bourbon barrel for 20 years before bottling in March 2011. A single cask release of 244 bottles, non-chillfiltered, and has not been caramel coloured. North British is not one of the most famous of distilleries, and is...

Score 89/100