Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 2015 NSS The Campbeltown Connection (North Star)

Blended Malt Scotch Whisky 2015 NSS The Campbeltown Connection (North Star) is a blended malt Scotch from North Star Spirits. It marries malts with Glen Scotia lending a salty, coastal note. The Glen was added to the Scotia name around 1930, the distillery dating to 1832.

Glen Scotia's oily malt rounds it with a coastal, salted edge. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the gentle American oak letting the briny make lead. Refill oak lets the salty, oily Glen Scotia character lead the way. It sits on High Street in Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast. Long ageing turns the fresh citrus towards dried fruit, salted toffee and a soft spice. The oily, coastal spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and brine to the fore. It is one of only three working distilleries left in Campbeltown, with Springbank and Glengyle. The cool, salt laden Campbeltown air gives a slow, coastal maturation in the warehouses.

At its natural 50.7% it is concentrated. Sea salt, citrus and a salted toffee run through it, oily and coastal. It is oily and briny, the coastal spirit shining through. The finish is long, oily and salted. A characterful blended malt Scotch.