North-Port Brechin 38 Year Old 1977 Cadenhead's

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Taste a lost Highland voice with North Port–Brechin 38 Year Old – 1977 Vintage, Cadenhead’s Small Batch (bottled 2015). Read more
North-Port Brechin 38 Year Old 1977 Cadenhead's
Regular price £600.00 GBP
Regular price Sale price £600.00 GBP
£500.00 ex VAT
Sale Sold out
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Bottle Information

Bottler: Cadenheads
Cask Type: bourbon hogshead
Type: Single Malt Scotch
Volume: 70cl
Region: Highland
Vintage: 1977
Age: 38 Year Old
ABV: 48.40%

Tasting Notes

Nose: A real fruit bomb, kiwi fruits, limes, pears in syrup and melted white chocolate. Palate: Very syrupy with soft woody notes. More waxy fruit notes with dried spixes and lemon sherbet. Finish: Very syrupy and a little flinty. Toffee bananas with more kiwis, lychees and watermelon.
Taste a lost Highland voice with North Port–Brechin 38 Year Old – 1977 Vintage, Cadenhead’s Small Batch (bottled 2015).
Distilled six years before the Brechin stills fell silent (1983) and filled into a solitary refill bourbon hogshead, this rarely-seen malt matured for nearly four decades before Cadenhead’s drew it at natural cask strength for their Small Batch line. Non-chill-filtered and natural in colour, only 174 individually numbered bottles preserve North Port’s austere, cereal-rich character enriched by honeyed vanilla, citrus oils and polished oak spice.

Why We Think You’ll Love It

  • Single refill bourbon hogshead highlights creamy vanilla, bright citrus and refined oak while letting the distillery’s grain-rich core shine.

  • 38 years of dunnage maturation polish North Port’s robust spirit into layers of honeyed depth and subtle Highland herb.

  • Bottled at natural cask strength, non-chill-filtered and natural colour—delivering undiluted body, aroma and authenticity.

  • From the silent North Port (Brechin) distillery—an increasingly scarce opportunity for collectors and whisky historians.

  • Part of Cadenhead’s revered “Small Batch” range—strictly 174 bottles, offering a contemplative dram of bygone craftsmanship.

Pour a measure of this distinguished North Port and savour an evocative union of orchard sweetness, creamy vanilla and time-softened oak—an unforgettable whisky that keeps a lost distillery’s spirit alive in every sip.

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The Distillery

North-Port Brechin
North Port Distillery, originally founded as Towhead Distillery by David, John, and Alexander Guthrie in 1820, was located near the north gate of Brechin in Scotland’s Highland whisky region. Initially, cooling for the distillery's two stills was provided by the Den Burn, which flowed through the grounds. Coal for production was first delivered by cart from Montrose, later transported by steam train after the railway's arrival in 1848. North Port ceased operations in 1983and was demolished in 1994, with the site now hosting a supermarket. A preserved red sandstone window frame serves as a memorial to this lost Highland malt whisky distillery, whose rare whiskies are occasionally released by independent bottlers.
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