{"product_id":"sexywhisky-north-british-14-year-old-2008-bourbon-barrel-matured-korean-beauty-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","title":"Sexywhisky North British 14 Year Old 2008 Bourbon Barrel Matured 'Korean Beauty' Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSexywhisky North British 14 Year Old 2008 Bourbon Barrel Matured 'Korean Beauty' Single Grain Scotch Whisky (2023) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 28 bottles produced from a bourbon barrel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout North British\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlend contributed to: Cutty Sark, Famous Grouse, Chivas Regal, J\u0026amp;B, Isle Of Skye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePractically crowd-funded to provide an alternative source of grain, North British is today jointly owned by two of Scotland's largest distillers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe North British (the archaic and somewhat disparaging term applied to post-Jacobite Scotland) distillery was founded in Edinburgh in 1885. Up until that point, Scotland’s blenders and spirit merchants could only buy their grain from DCL [see Cameronbridge]. In an attempt to break the monopoly, Andrew Usher, William Sanderson, John Crabbie and James Watson joined forces to build a new – and substantial – grain distillery in Gorgie, close to the Union Canal, the railway line, and the Caledonian distillery which had been absorbed into DCL the year before. A case of the last straw perhaps?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction started in 1887 from a single Coffey. Within three years capacity had doubled to three million gallons a year. Whisky-making ceased during the First World War, but production restarted in 1920. It was nursed cautiously through the tricky period of the 1930s, but blossomed once more post-WWII. By the 1960s it was making six million gallons a year (a figure which would double by the start of the following decade), and for a period, North British was the largest grain plant in Scotland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the 1960s it was still being run as a kind of co-operative with its shareholders including Robertson \u0026amp; Baxter, IDV, William Lawson, Macdonald Martin, Seagram and William Teacher. In 1993 its management was taken over by Lothian Distillers, an equal partnership between R\u0026amp;B [now Edrington Group] and IDV. The result of the merger between the latter and DCL (by that time called UD) in 1997, meant that North British was being jointly run by the firm which it had set up in opposition to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhh, the irony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Sexywhisky\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis German independent bottler has a surprisingly good reputation and the anime artwork always seems to go down well with them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSexywhisky from Germany certainly push the boat out when it comes to their label artwork. Some is so raunchy that it would have to be blurred if listed online. You never know what they will do next. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e46% ABV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"North British","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52792505729362,"sku":"SXYWNORTHB14KB","price":209.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/SexywhiskyNorthBritish14YearOld2008BourbonBarrelMatured_KoreanBeauty_SingleGrainScotchWhisky_2023_70cl.jpg?v=1771973223","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/sexywhisky-north-british-14-year-old-2008-bourbon-barrel-matured-korean-beauty-single-grain-scotch-whisky-2023-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}