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 Island 13 Years Old (Refill Hogshead) 2012
58.2% abv
Vol- 70cl
Heathery soft peat and banoffee pie notes with some caramelised apples on BBQ with cinnamon Grahams. Amazing cinnamon funky fruit finish. The smell is just WOW!
Series 26, single cask, cask strenth.
Only 324 bottles
Distilled in May 2012
Bottled in June 2025
Aged in Refill Hogshead
Orkney, a remote archipelago off Scotland’s northern coast, is renowned for its rich whisky heritage, blending Norse history, rugged landscapes, and exceptional craftsmanship. The island’s unique terroir, characterized by relentless winds and a scarcity of trees, imparts distinctive qualities to its whiskies. They produce whiskies that are full bodied and balanced, with smoky, salty characters.
99% of the Independent bottlers are using Highland Park.
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2012 | Duty Paid | Europe | Highland | Malt | North Star | Scotch Whisky | Scotland | Whisky- Reference #:
- 24497
- Strength
- 58.2 ABV
- Bottles per Case
- 6 bottles
- Organic
- No
- Biodynamic
- No
- Vegan
- No
- Vegetarian
- No
- Sparkling
- No
