Wine for sale: North Port - Brechin

North Port - Brechin

Brechin—today known as North Port—was founded in 1820 by David, John and Alexander Guthrie in the town of the same name, also home to the Glencadam distillery built a few years later. It was eventually renamed after a gate in the town walls. After being managed by the Guthrie family for a century, the distillery was sold to Distillers Company Limited (DCL) in 1922, who transferred it to their subsidiary Scottish Malt Distillers (SMD). The distillery was mothballed in 1928 and remained closed almost without interruption until 1945, when it reopened. It closed again in 1983, at the height of Whisky Loch. After being gradually dismantled, it was destroyed in 1994 to make way for a supermarket. The distillery was for a time part of the Rare Malts range but is most frequently found in independent bottlings.