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NORTH PORT - BRECHIN

20 years old

40%
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1970
Bottled 1990
Proprietors: Mitchell Bros. Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

NORTH PORT - BRECHIN

19 years old

40%
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1974
Bottled 1993
Proprietors: Mitchell Bros. Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

NORTH PORT - BRECHIN

17 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1981
Bottled 1998
Proprietors: Mitchell Bros. Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

NORTH PORT - BRECHIN

19 years old

40 %
CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
Distilled 1981
Bottled 2000
Proprietors: Mitchell Bros. Ltd
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

15 years old

61,3 %
Distilled January 77
Bottled June 92
Society Cask No. code 74

35 cl

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

18 years old

63,1 %
SINGLE CASK
SCOTCH MALT WHISKY
Distilled March 78
Bottled October 96
282 bottles
Society Cask No. code 74.4
The Scotch Malt Whisky, Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

23 years old

61,3 %

SINGLE CASK
SCOTCH MALT WHISKY
Distilled December 76
Bottled October 00
Society Cask No. code 74.5
273 bottles
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society,
The Vaults, Leith, Edinburgh
'Oily Hands and Steam Trains'

The Royal Burgh of Brechin in Angus has an illustrious history and in 1820, David Guthrie, a man of enterprise and energy, founded its distillery. This is a whisky for anyone who ever took a nip to keep out cold in the railway shed or for the warmed to a whisky glass held in oily hands. It is a glowing golf and noses of oil, rubber and steam. One panel member described standing on a bridge while the Flying Scotchman rushed beneath. Another remembered the smell of the wooden work bench at Swan Hunter's shipyard. If you want to experience the industrial revolution in a glass, here it is.

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

20 years old

61,2 %

RARE MALTS SELECTION
Natural Cask Strenght
Distilled 1979
Bottled October 1999
Limited Edition
Genummerde flessen
Mitchell Brothers, Glasgow

North Port founded in 1820, the now closed North Port distillery took its name from an old gate to its native cathedral city of Brechin.

Tasting reveals a dry, grassy nose, a light-medium body, hints of tropical fruit on the toasty palate and a brisk, dry finish; characteristics though to be influenced by the cool underground still-house.

NORTH PORT (BRECHIN)

18 years old

61,4 %
CADENHEAD'S
AUTHENTIC COLLECTION
Cask Strenght
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled December 1976
Bottled October 1995
Wm. Cadenhead, Campbeltown

NORTH PORT

VINTAGE 1975

24 years old

61,1 %

Distilled 25.6.75

Bottled 17.3.2000

Matured in a sherry cask
Butt No. 2094
Genummerde flessen
Natural Colour
620 bottles
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburg

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

26 years old

55,6 %
SILENT STILLS
Distilled 29.8.75
Bottled 3.9.2001
Cask No. 2960
211 bottles
Genummerde flessen
Signatory Vintage
Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd, Edinburgh

NORTH PORT ( BRECHIN )

25 years old

56 %
East Highland
AUTHENTIC COLLECTION
Cask Strenght
Distilled: 1977
Bottled: June 2002
Cask: Bourbon Hogshead
No. of Bottles: 276
Wm. Cadenhead, Campbeltown

NORTH PORT

( BRECHIN )

29 years old

57,5 %
SIGNATORY VINTAGE 1975
CASK STRENGHT COLLECTION
Highland single malt Scotch Whisky
Distilled on: 29/08/1975
Bottled on: 13/06/2005
Matured in a Hogshead Cask No: 2961
185 Numbered Bottles
Natural Colour
Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co, Ltd,
Edinburg

NORTH PORT BRECHIN

24 years old

43 %

CONNOISSEURS CHOICE
HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY
Distillation Date: November 1981
Cask Type: Refill American Hogsheads
Bottling Date: November 2005
Proprietors: John Haig & Co, Ltd
Specially selected, produced and bottled by
Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

North Port was established in 1820. It was said to have taken its name from the North gate in the old city walls of Brechin.

The distillery enjoyed almost continual production up until 1983 when it was closed.

The distillery has since been demoloshed and all that remains is a commemorative plaque.

Delicate for a Highland Malt, hints of malt and coconut balanced with a rich fruiteness.

NORTH PORT

Aged 25 years

54,3 %

RAREST OF THE RARE
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Unique Whiskies of Distinction
Fons et Origo
DTC
A Historic Collection of
Cask Strenght Single Cask Whiskies
from Distilleries which no longer exist
Distilled: 04.1981
Cask no. 780
Bottled 11.2006
202 Bottles
No Chill Filtering or
Colourings of any kind
Duncan Taylor & Co, Ltd
Huntly, Aberdeenshire

North Port distillery derived its name from its positioning at the north of the once walled city of Brechin.

The distillery was built in 1820 by the Townhead Distillery Company and operated until it was closed like so many distilleries in 1983

The distillery was demolished and a supermarket now stands on the site.

NORTH PORT

Aged 27 years

56,5 %
RAREST OF THE RARE
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Unique Whiskies of Distinction
Fons et Origo
D T C
A Historic Collection of
Cask Strenght Single Cask Whiskies
From Distilleries which no longer exist
Distilled: 04.1981
Cask No. 779
Bottled: 10.2008
396 Numbered Bottles
No Chill Filtering or
Colourings of any kind
Duncan Taylor & Co, Ltd, Huntly, Aberdeenshire

The Eastern Highlands
NORTH PORT BRECHIN also see Brechin

Brechin, Angus. Licentiehouder: Mitchell Brothers Ltd.North Port - Brechin is onderdeel van Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. (S.M.D.). De malt divisie van United Distillers Ltd. Eigendom van Guinness.

In 1820 gesticht door de van Brechin afkomstige broersDavid, John en Alexander Guthrie. De naam van de firma was Townhead Distillery Company. In 1823 was de naam van de distilleerderij Brechin.
In 1825 werd de firmanaam Guthrie, Martin & Co, en in 1839 werd de naam Brechin veranderd in North Port. En in 1893 werd de firma een naamloze vennootschap. (Ltd).

Eind 19e eeuw was de produktie van North Port 100.000 gallons whisky per jaar.

In 1922 werd Guthrie, Martin & Co, gekocht door de Distillers Company Ltd. (D.C.L.) en W.H. Holt Ltd en de Ltd hield op te bestaan en North Port ging deel uitmaken van de Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd.
North Port was gesloten van 1928 tot 1937, en weer in de oorlogsjaren. In 1970 werd de distilleerderij gemoderniseerd.In 1983 wordt North Port in de 'mottenballen' gedaan.

North Port is gelegen aan de rivier de South Esk die bijMontrose in de Noordzee uitmondt. De gerst werd betrokken van boeren in de direkte omgeving en het water en de turf kwamen van de Grampian Mountains. North Port heeft twee ketels en de kondensoren worden gekoeld in een beekje dat door de distilleerderij loopt.

October 2005
Diageo has announced that its 2005 Annual Rare Malts Selection will be the last.

The collection will consist of four cask strenght single malts from closed distilleries; Glen Mhor 28 years old, Millburn 35 years old, Glendullan 26 years old and Linkwood 30 years old.
Dr. Nicholas Morgan, global malts marketing director commented: 'As the Special Releases are now well established, it makes less sence to continue selecting and promoting a parallel series of Rare Malts with his own separate indentity'.In future, all premium and rare whiskies will be made available in the annual Special Re-leases series.

1820

David Guthrie founds the distillery

and names it Townhead Distillery

1823

David, John and Alexander ,

three of David Guthrie's sons

help their father with operations
The name is changed to Brechin Distillery
1825

Guthrie, Martin & Co is formed to operate

the distillery
1922

The distillery is acquired by

Distillers Company Limited (D.C.L.)

together with W.H. Holt Ltd
1928

The distillery closes
1937

The distillery is in production again
1939

The distillery changes name from

Brechin to North Port
1983

North Port is mothballed
1993

The buildings are demolished
1995

North Port 23 years old and

distilled in 1971 is launched as a

Rare Malt
1998

North Port 19 years old and

distilled in 1979 is launched as a

Rare Malt
1999

North Port 20 years old and

distilled in 1979 is launched as a

Rare Malt
2005

Diageo launches a 28 years old

Brechin distilled in 1977 and

bottled at cask strength as

Special Release

Output was 500.000 Ltrs with one pair of stills

Before North Port distillery (or Brechin as it was originally known) was built, the residents of the Angus royal burghwere supplied with whisky by smugglers carrying it south from the north Grampians. The Guthrie family took great pride in their distillery – modern machinery was installed to increase production capacity, though the whisky was distilled in ‘old fashioned’ pot stills and condensed in worm tubs using water from the Den Burn, which ran through the site.

Like the illicit whisky smuggling into Brechin, its water and peat also came from the Grampians, while ‘the very best barley’ was sourced from nearby farms.

North Port’s whisky was never officially bottled as a single malt during its lifetime, although Diageo had it bottled for itsRare Malts series in 1995, 1998 and 1999, as well as under the name ‘Brechin’ for its Special Releases in 2005. In his book The Malt Whisky Companion, whisky writer Michael Jackson described North Port’s whisky as ‘dry, fruity, ginlike. Aperitif’.

NORTH PORT

During the 19th century the principle trade of the town and former royal burgh of Brechin in Angus was textile manufacturing, much of which was exported to France.However Brechin was also home to two breweries and two distilleries – Glencadam, which was built in 1825 by George Cooper, and Brechin distillery, which was founded five years earlier by three of the Guthrie brothers.

David, John and Alexander Guthrie, sons of a local merchant and former provost of the town, established their distillery a half-mile away from the South Esk river under the trading name of Townhead Distillery Co. Three of 13 siblings, the brothers’ venture would not have sat well with their younger brother Dr. Thomas Guthrie, who eventually became renowned as a reverend and staunch supporter of the temperance movement, the roots of which were only very slight at the time.

Still, Brechin distillery prevailed and remained in family ownership for around 100 years. At some point during the19th century the family changed the distillery’s name to North Port, referencing a nearby gate in the wall that once surrounded the town (Brechin is still a town, despite having a cathedral).

In 1922 the distillery, which could produce 450,000 litres of spirit per year, was bought by Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and W.H. Holt & Co. Ltd. It was transferred to DCL’s Scottish Malt Distillers in the same year.

SMD closed North Port in 1928 and aside from a brief airing it remained silent after the Second World War. North Portgained a second wind in the mid-1900s but became one of the nine DCL distilleries to close in 1983 as a response to widespread excess stocks in the market.

The distillery’s buildings were gradually dismantled piece by piece until it was finally demolished in 1994 to make way for a supermarket.

Diageo

1997 - present

United Distillers

1986 - 1997

Distillers Company Limited

1922 - 1986

Guthrie, Martin & Co

1825 - 1922

Townhead Distillery Company

1820 - 1825

Dalclagie new make 65.6% This hails from North Point, which is based on an ex-NATO listening station in Forss, Caithness. It uses Maris Otter fermented with a Norwegian farmhouse yeast strain called Kviek (which is actually a family of yeasts as each town/farm had it own strain)

It has some of Kveik’s outrageous tropical fruitiness along with a light green vegetal element. Thick and ripe on the palate, with raspberry, gentian and rich soft fruits with some malt on the end. Water brings in a buttery note, some grassiness and fruit skins. One to follow.