North British
North British
DISTILLERY: North British
ABV: 56.5% NCS
AGE: 25 Years
CAT: Single Grain
BATCH: #10
RRP: £84.95
The North British distillery is the third largest of Scotland's seven grain distilleries. Its name comes from the railway company that served the distillery. It’s also known as the NB locally.
Today, the distillery is equipped with four Coffey stills with which to make its grain whisky. Our 25 year old has been bottled at natural cask strength.
While all grain distilleries generally use the cheapest grain in the marketplace, which is currently wheat, the North British distillery has continued to use corn (maize). Although maize is the key grain used for distillation, the mash bill contains up to 20% malted barley.
Rumour has it that wheat trials have been underway, and this distillery may be switching to wheat too.
NOSE
A delicious medley of dried tropical fruits; coconut, banana, papaya, and pineapple. There’s a green herbal note too; banana leaf perhaps?
TASTE
All of the dried tropical fruits continue onto the palate, accompanied by some white chocolate, and chilli heat. The finish is short and sweet, with a little peppery warmth.
This is moreish!
ABOUT THE LABEL
The ultimate shockingly bad pun? We have turned the iconic ‘Trainspotting’ words into a ‘Grainspotting’ whisky label with an increasingly gloomy diatribe about the state of the whisky world. We’ve got all of the standard whisky PR references, as well as some of the other issues that blight the industry, and we also found yet another way to vent our frustrations at the unscrupulous whisky investment scammers.
