In 2016, Iain Croucher took the dive into the whisky world and started up North Star Spirits. Based up in Glasgow as a independent Whisky bottler priding itself on bottling only the finest single malt scotch whisky, blended malt scotch whisky and blended scotch whisky. North Star focuses its energies on the curiosities, peculiar oddities and obscurities - whisky as it comes, straight from the cask and into a bottle.

North Star Highland 15 Years Old (Refill Hogshead) 2009
54.3% abv
Tropical fruit on the nose with chewy sweets and vanilla essence. Creamy custard and pear drop that lingers with sweet spicy goodness. It’s an oily dram
Series 26, single cask, cask strength.
Only 302 bottles
Distilled in December 2009
Bottle in June 2025
Aged in Refill Hogshead
Highland Whiskys can be from light and grassy to smokey and heavily peated, Highland whiskies truly are Scotland’s most fiercely individual single malts.
The intense flavours of Highland whiskies are known for stem from the deeply ingrained traditions of the region. Barley was scarce in the Highland, which meant distilleries needed significantly smaller stills compared to their competitors. These stills meant that oiler, heavier alcohols condensed in the neck of the stills, which resulted in a richer, bolder flavoured whisky.
In general, Highland malts tend to be more robust, with more pronounced flavours and aroma, and significantly more weight and texture on the palate. In addition, there are regional characteristics that reflect the impact of climate and terrain as well as the source of fuel used to dry the malted barley.
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2009 | Duty Paid | Europe | Highland | Malt | North Star | Scotch Whisky | Scotland | Whisky- Reference #:
- 24496
- Strength
- 54.3 ABV
- Bottles per Case
- 6 bottles
- Organic
- No
- Biodynamic
- No
- Vegan
- No
- Vegetarian
- No
- Sparkling
- No
