North British 18 Year Old 2003 (cask 15587) - Old Particular (Douglas Laing) | 700ML

An independently bottled single grain Scotch from the North British Distillery up in Edinburgh, released by Douglas Laing as part of the Old Particular series. Distilled in March 2003, this one spent 18 years mellowing, including a finish in a single refill butt. In February 2022, the cask was opened, yielding an outturn of 183 bottles of this fruity, syrupy sipper.

North British 18 Year Old 2003 (cask 15587) - Old Particular (Douglas Laing) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Gooey flapjack, covered in milk chocolate, lemon blossom, and orange cream.

Palate: Sticky toffee pudding, spiced banana bread with candied ginger, and roasted almonds followed by layers of vanilla.

Finish: Buttery fudge, a touch of pepper, more creamy grain, and nutty oak.

Distillery Information

One of only six dedicated grain distilleries in Scotland, the North British distillery was founded in 1885 by Andrew Usher, William Sanderson, James Watson and John Crabbie. It has a noble history, and the four founders built the distillery in a bid to challenge the monopoly the Distillers Company Ltd. had over the supply of grain. Production began in 1887 from a single Coffey still, though within three years the capacity had doubled to three million gallons a year. For a period, North British was the largest grain distillery in Scotland. Ironically, a merger between DCL and IDV in 1997 resulted in North British being jointly run by the company which it has first set up to oppose. Awkward… Whisky from North British appears in a few famous blends such as Johnnie Walker Black Label, J&B Rare, The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark. In 2018, the first distillery bottling of North British single grain was released in collaboration with Douglas Laing.

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