What North Point Distillery does

North Point Distillery (legally North Coast Distillers Limited, company number SC652661) is a craft spirits producer operating from a single site at Forss Business and Energy Park, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Founded in 2019, the distillery produces four primary products across three spirit categories: Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, North Point Pilot Rum (with a companion Spiced Rum), and Crosskirk Bay London Dry Gin. Production is anchored on traditional pot-still distillation using heritage barley, Kveik farmhouse yeast (a Norwegian farmhouse yeast unusually applied to Scotch whisky), extra-long fermentations, hand-selected oak casks, and water sourced from ancient Caithness lochs. Pilot Rum is single-cask aged on site in former Highland Whisky casks; the Spiced Rum uses a 21-spice blend with cacao, Seville oranges, and molasses and is non-chill filtered; Crosskirk Bay Gin uses local botanicals to amplify juniper.

The business monetises across five revenue streams: (i) direct-to-consumer e-commerce via the North Point webshop with UK-wide Royal Mail Tracked48 shipping and distillery pick-up, priced at the premium craft end (£38 per 70cl for core SKUs, £20 for a taster pack, £114 for a triple pack bundle, £24/£19.20 for the new-make Forgotten Son bottling, plus gift cards and limited/throwback editions); (ii) B2B wholesale to UK off-trade buyers under Highland Council Licencing Board and HMRC AWRS permissions, with pro-forma terms on initial orders and up to 30-day credit for repeat customers; (iii) the Dalclagie Cask Programme, a direct B2B cask ownership channel for whisky investors and collectors; (iv) bookable distillery tours and cocktail parties at the Thurso site; and (v) third-party fulfilment and co-branded distribution for partner brands such as Bedford Park and Burgh Island Gin.

Customer segments include individual UK DTC consumers, Dalclagie cask investors and collectors, UK licensed trade/wholesale buyers, and distillery visitors/tourism customers. The company is founder-owned — co-founders Struan Mackie (Managing Director) and Alex MacDonald (Commercial Director) are publicly identified — and was awarded Certified B Corporation status by B Lab in 2025. Total disclosed funding across three rounds in 2020-2022 is approximately $844K, with headcount reported at 1-10 employees and operations conducted from a single UK site with selective international shipping on request.

Name

North Point Distillery

Legal name

North Coast Distillers Limited

Website

https://northpointdistillery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

North Point Distillery is a craft Highland spirits producer in Caithness, Scotland, making Dalclagie single malt whisky, rum, and gin. It serves UK consumers, B2B trade buyers, cask investors, and visitors via DTC e-commerce, wholesale channels, and on-site distillery experiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Distilled Spirits

NAICS

Distilleries (31214), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320), Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers (42482)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Distilleries (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spirits Retail & Whiskey Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAD), Liquor Stores (Off-Premise Spirits Retail) (CRANABAA), Spirits Distillery Tours & Tastings (Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka) (THAJAGAF)

Keywords

• Craft spirits distilling
• Highland single malt whisky
• Small batch rum production
• London dry gin distillery
• Whisky cask programme

Headquarters

HQ city

Thurso

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct-to-Consumer Spirits Sales: Online webshop and distillery pick-up retail sales of bottled spirits (Dalclagie whisky, Pilot Rum, Spiced Rum, Crosskirk Bay Gin, plus taster packs and limited/throwback editions). One-time transactional purchases of physical bottles, with free shipping promotions and gift cards offered.
2. Wholesale and Trade Distribution: B2B sales to UK licensed off-trade customers under Highland Council Licencing Board and HMRC AWRS permissions; payment by BACS/SWIFT or cheque with 30-day credit terms for repeat customers and pro-forma on initial orders.
3. Dalclagie Cask Programme (Cask Sales): Direct B2B cask sales of Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Dalclagie Cask Programme, allowing buyers to reserve/own an entire cask that matures at the distillery and is later bottled.
4. Distillery Tours and Cocktail Parties: Paid visitor experiences at the Forss, Thurso distillery, including distillery tours and cocktail party bookings.
5. Collaboration / Third-Party Fulfilment Sales: Fulfilment of third-party products on behalf of partner brands such as Bedford Park and Burgh Island Gin through the North Point webshop.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

North Point Distillery produces and sells award-winning small-batch Highland craft spirits from a single Caithness distillery, including Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, North Point Pilot Rum, North Point Spiced Rum, and Crosskirk Bay London Dry Gin. It sells bottled spirits directly to UK consumers via its own webshop and distillery pick-up, runs paid visitor experiences (distillery tours and cocktail parties), distributes to licensed UK off-trade wholesale buyers under AWRS, and sells maturing single malt casks direct to investors and collectors through the Dalclagie Cask Programme.

Product overview

North Point Distillery operates a single unified craft spirits portfolio produced at its Forss, Caithness distillery, rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The offering is anchored on three named core spirit brands: Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, North Point Pilot Rum (with a companion North Point Spiced Rum), and Crosskirk Bay London Dry Gin. These core spirits are sold individually through the web shop and are also bundled into curated gift packs (North Point Distillery Triple Pack and the North Point Taster Pack), while visitor-facing experiences such as Distillery Tours and Cocktail Parties, the Dalclagie Cask Programme, and ancillary products (gift cards, Bedford Park x The UK Rum Club collaboration) extend the brand beyond bottle sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dalclagie: Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky — a heritage barley, Kveik farmhouse yeast, extra-long fermentation, hand-selected cask whisky brand with its own cask programme, produced by North Point Distillery.
• Crosskirk Bay Gin
• North Point Pilot Rum
• North Point Spiced Rum

Products and services

• Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky North Point Distillery's flagship Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, produced with heritage barley, Kveik farmhouse yeast, extra-long fermentations, water sourced from ancient Caithness lochs, and hand-selected oak casks and barrels. Available to consumers via the webshop and to cask investors via the Dalclagie Cask Programme.
• North Point Pilot Rum A young, single-cask Highland rum made from molasses and aged for a year on site in former Highland Whisky casks, delivering a profile of butterscotch, lemon zest and oak sweetness. Marketed as a marriage of Caribbean rum heritage and the Scottish Highlands.
• North Point Spiced Rum A pot-stilled spiced rum crafted from cacao, Seville oranges, molasses and an array of 21 spices, non-chill filtered and balanced for sweetness and spice. Described as a Distiller's Edition throwback bottling.
• Crosskirk Bay Gin An award-winning London Dry Gin named after the bay view of the distillery, made with local botanicals and built on a juniper-forward profile with punchy citrus, a hint of sweetness and a smooth mouthfeel.
• North Point Distillery Triple Pack A bundled gift pack containing three 70cl bottles of the core range: North Point Pilot Rum (40% ABV), Crosskirk Bay Gin (45.1% ABV), and North Point Spiced Rum (43% ABV), with free UK shipping included at £114.
• North Point Taster Pack A sampling pack containing 5cl bottles of each core spirit: North Point Pilot Rum (40% ABV), North Point Spiced Rum (43% ABV) and Crosskirk Bay Gin (45.1% ABV), priced at £20 for product discovery.
• Forgotten Son New Make Whisky A new-make (unaged) whisky listed in the web shop as a limited/near-sold-out bottling, offered at a sale price of £19.20 (regular £24.00).
• Distillery Tours and Cocktail Parties Bookable visitor experiences at the Forss, Caithness distillery covering distillery tours and cocktail parties, framed around 'The People. The Place. The Spirits.' brand positioning.
• Dalclagie Cask Programme A cask purchase programme for Dalclagie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, allowing customers to reserve a cask directly from the distillery, with hand-selected oak casks and barrels.
• North Point Distillery Gift Card A gift card offering redeemable against North Point Distillery products, surfaced via the site's SHOP navigation and gift card landing page.

Quantifiable outcome

• Joined global community of 9,700+ Certified B Corps
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bedford ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBedford Park is featured on the North Point Distillery website as a co-branded collaboration partner via the 'Bedford Park x The UK Rum Club' partnership. North Coast Distillers acts on behalf of Bedford Park to fulfil orders of their product, with Bedford Park receiving visitability of sales data for those orders.
• The UK Rum ClubminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-branded partnership with Bedford Park and North Point Distillery; promoted via a dedicated 'Bedford Park x The UK Rum Club' page on the North Point website.
• Burgh Island GinminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNorth Coast Distillers acts on behalf of Burgh Island Gin to fulfil orders of their product via the North Point webshop. Only Burgh Island Gin (the third party associated with the product) has visitability of sales data and cannot contact customers unless explicitly opted in.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is used for all online electronic payment processing on the North Point webshop, handling debit/credit/charge card payments. Customer payment details are encrypted by Stripe; data is collected via Stripe servers.
• SquarecoreTechnology or IntegrationSquare is used for in-store and events-based payment processing (debit/credit/charge card). Data is collected via Square servers for processing under their GDPR policies.
• Royal MailcoreOthersRoyal Mail (Tracked 48) is the standard UK delivery carrier for the North Point webshop, with a 3-5 working day dispatch target. Also used for non-delivery returns handling.
• B LabcoreOthersB Lab is the non-profit organisation behind the B Corp movement; verified North Point Distillery's B Corp certification and lists the distillery in the global B Corp directory at bcorporation.net.
• Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)minorOthersNorth Coast Distillers Limited (trading as North Point Distillery) is fully registered with the ICO as a UK data controller under registration ZB571128 for GDPR compliance.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sipsmith Gin: London-based craft gin and spirits producer and fellow Certified B Corp; directly comparable to North Point as a small-batch, award-winning UK craft distillery with a sustainability-led brand story.
• Wolfburn Distillery: Small Highland craft single malt distillery based in Thurso, Caithness - the most geographically proximate peer, with similar scale, single-site production and Highland Single Malt focus.
• Compass Box Whisky: Independent Scotch whisky maker focused on premium blended and single-cask expressions; comparable as a craft Scotch producer with limited production volumes, DTC and trade sales, and an emphasis on cask quality.
• Eden Mill St Andrews: Scottish craft distillery producing gin, whisky and rum from a single site; directly comparable multi-category craft spirits portfolio and DTC-led go-to-market model.
• Isle of Harris Distillery: Single-site Scottish island craft distillery producing gin and single malt whisky; comparable in scale, product mix (gin + single malt) and remote-provenance brand positioning.
• Bruichladdich Distillery: Islay-based craft distillery producing single malt whisky and gin with a strong terroir and provenance narrative; comparable as a Scottish craft distillery operating a multi-spirit portfolio with a sustainability/place-based brand.
• Tarquin's Gin (Southwestern Distillery): Cornwall-based independent craft distillery producing award-winning gin and other spirits; comparable as a UK small-batch craft distillery with a strong founder-led brand and DTC-led sales motion.

Regional players

• Tomatin Distillery: Mid-sized Highland Single Malt distillery near Inverness; comparable Highland single malt category but operates from a much larger production base and with established international distribution that North Point has yet to build.

Broad incumbents

• Glenmorangie: Major Highland Single Malt Scotch producer (LVMH-owned) headquartered in Tain; comparable as a Highland Single Malt producer, but operates at vastly greater scale, distribution and marketing reach than North Point.
• The Botanist Gin: Islay-based premium gin from Bruichladdich; broadly comparable in the craft London Dry gin category but distributed by a major spirits group with national and global listings North Point cannot yet match.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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