North British
Cask #TWB1023

North British 30 Year Old 1991 Viking 2

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North British 30 Year Old 1991 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Read more
North British 30 Year Old 1991 Viking 2
Regular price £60.00 GBP
Regular price Sale price £60.00 GBP
£50.00 ex VAT
Sale Sold out

Bottle Information

Cask: #TWB1023
Cask Type: 1st fill sherry hogshead
Volume: 70cl
Region: Lowland
Vintage: 1991
Age: 30 Year Old
ABV: 47.60%

Tasting Notes

Lunar sweet sherry, popcorn clusters, planetary ripe pears, toasted cinnamon nebular, telescopic double cream with supernova strawberries. Protoplanetary runny honey circling runaway burnt cedar shavings.
North British 30 Year Old 1991 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Single cask 1st fill Palo Cortado sherry Hogshead #TWB1023 bottled February 2021. The third release of The Grant Tour series. Viking 2 space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on September 9th 1975. Together with Viking 1 it would search for signs of life on Mars. 159 numbered bottles. Travelling for 333 days to Mars, Viking 2 lander separated from its orbiter on September 3rd 1976 making touchdown on Utopia Planitia, one of the largest crater impact basins in our Solar System.
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North British
North British Distillery, founded in 1885 by Andrew Usher, John M. Crabbie, and William Sanderson, is a historic Lowland whisky distillery located in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Established to ensure a steady supply of grain whisky for cordials and Scotch blends, the distillery features four Coffey stills producing grain spirit at 94.5% ABV with multi-million litres annually. Most whisky matures in central Lowland racked warehouses, while select casks age for at least eight years in Dunnage Warehouse No.1. Although official releases are limited, exceptional single malts are available through independent bottlers like Hart Brothers and Hunter Laing. North British Distillery remains a cornerstone of Scotland’s esteemed whisky industry, celebrated for its quality and tradition.
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