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A striking, big a smoky brute from Islay, this Bunnahabhain was bottled from a single ex Bourbon barrel by North Star. A surge of herbal peat smoke rockets out of the glass, drenched with a savoury, sticky barbeque sauce. The BBQ continues on the palate, becoming meaty and joined with more grassy an...

Created by North Star's founder Iain Croucher, this is a very special blend composed solely of single malt whisky from Campbeltown, including the legendary Springbank and Glen Scotia distilleries. Offering notes of caramelised grapefruit and vanilla pods to start, the classic Campbeltown character c...

This is the first example we have seen of an independently bottled Nc'Nean, selected by North Star Spirits of Glasgow. This single ex-STR (shaved, toasted re-charr) red wine barrique offers a vibrant flavour of over-ripe bananas and marzipan, with barley sugars and birthday cake icing. A note of sal...

The peated spirit from Glenturret is named 'ruadh mhor' to differentiate it from their standard unpeated style. This new North Star bottling is an 11 year old of this spirit, filled from a PX-hogshead, with an evocative from North Star of smelling like "funfair diesel with a whiff of candy floss". T...

Selected from a single first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry butt, this 2019 distilled Ardnamurchan offers a very rich and dark example of the distillery, packed with dense flavours of caramel, citrus oils and kola cubes (cola flavoured candies). Bitter dark chocolate and berry compote notes flood the palate...

Unlike the majority of its neighbours on the Isle of Islay, Bunnahabhain's traditional style is unpeated, and this North Star single cask offers a classic example of the make. Delicate and aromatic scents of beeswax and old-school confectionary are joined by a sweet and tangy sherbert note with hone...

A brand new release from North Star's mysterious Tarot series of blends, this time using a combination of 32% single malt and 68% grain whiskies from Scotland, all at a minimum of 17 years of age. On the nose, honey covered hazelnuts baked with sea salt, moving to a buttery biscuit base on the palat...

Part of the 25th cask series releases from North Star, this 12 year old Ben Nevis is from an Oloroso sherry hogshead, giving the whisky a decadent flavour of butterscotch pudding and freshly baked butterscotch bread, with liquorice and aniseed on the palate. In the words of North Star's founder, a n...

The first independently bottled expression of Annandale we have seen since its rebirth in 2014, This seven year old example was bottled by Glasgow based bottlers North Star Spirits. Distilled in 2015, before being laid down to mature in a single Oloroso Sherry Butt. The result is a soft mellow and r...

Distilled at an unknown Highland distillery, this single cask expression has been aged for eleven years in Port and Oloroso Octaves and a refill Hogshead before being bottled at the natural strength of 56.5%On the nose there are hints of tart apple cider and summer berry pieThe palate consists of va...

Bottled from a single first fill Oloroso butt, this Ardnamurchan is like a trip to an old-fashioned sweet shop. The aroma starts off with notes of freshly varnished oak, before leading to sugar coated cola bottles, the confectionary notes continue through the palate, think of menthol, aniseed wheels...

Bottled from a refill hogshead, with an Oloroso finish, the aroma of this Glen Garioch is like breakfast on a cold Scottish morning, with warm porridge, sweet berries and brown sugar. The palate takes a sweet dessert like turn, with notes of custard and tart cherries served alongside baked apples. G...

This Royal Brackla has been bottled from a single ex Pedro Ximenez barrel and is one for the chocoholics, there is an abundance of chocolate notes on the nose, with aromas of chocolate liqueur and Dutch cocoa. The chocolate notes continue on through the palate with intense dark chocolate tones conti...

A twelve-year-old blend from North Star Spirits of Glasgow, bottled from refill Oloroso butts and composing of both grain and malt whiskies. This whisky has aromas of jaffa cakes, sweet, toasted oak and vanilla pods. There are distinct meaty notes on the palate, alongside fresh stone fruit (peaches...

This single cask bottling from an unknown distillery hailing from the Orkney Isles has been matured for seventeen years, with a three year secondary maturation in a first fill Oloroso Hogshead. Aromas of buttered popcorn and toffee caramels greet the nose, with notes of fluffy pancakes drizzled with...

This expression from Tullibardine distillery has been bottled after ten years of maturation in an ex Oloroso Barrique and a single Bourbon Barrel. yielding an outturn of 378 bottles. The nose is soft, rich and sweet, with aromas of freshly baked vanilla danish pastries, juicy syrup drenched peaches...