Another single malt to check off the list of ‘distilleries to taste stuff from’. Also mothballed in 1983 and slowly demolished in following years, the site now holds a supermarket. Of this single malt not much is available since even independent bottlers barely ever release a cask of this stuff. Read more about it here.

I’m not going into specifics of this distillery or how bad it is that a lot of them have been demolished in the ’80s and ’90s, that might be something for another post!

Nose:
Light and grainy with a scent of greasy butter. There is some vanilla and notes of sherry with some light woody undertones. A tad stale and toasted wood.

Taste:
Dusty, sweet and fairly full flavored. There are some spices and a bit of fruit syrup which makes for an odd combination. A little one dimensional.

Finish:
This is a true mix of flavors, but it doesn’t last very long. Fairly sweet and most of the spices are gone immediately. I do get some cinnamon and clove.

Weird stuff. It keeps evolving throughout tasting it with a very different nose, palate and finish. This does make me doubt its consistency. At first it tasted a bit similar to yesterday’s Glenflagler, but it went in a different direction when the sherry notes came through.

North Port-Brechin, 1982-2010, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice, Refill Sherry Butt, 43%, used to cost around € 90.