Since North Port's product was almost exclusively used for blends, and its malt was not one coveted, there haven't been many single malt releases. Diageo dribbled out a few 'Rare Malts' releases. The main independent bottlers Cadenhead's, Gordon & MacPhail, Laing, and Duncan Taylor have about three dozen of their own, in total. I'm uncertain when the distillery picked up its current reputation for lower quality, but it may something to do with the reception of some of G&M's Connoisseur's Choice bottlings. The Rare Malts output didn't seem to win North Port too many new fans either. (I recommend Scotch and Ice Cream's great post on Tim's North Port-Brechin experience as it parallels most of the word of mouth I've personally heard on NP-B.) But the Malt Maniacs do have some nice things to say about some of the Cadenhead's and Laing releases. So how about an old Cadenhead's?