North Star Spirits North British 30 Year Old

Key Facts About This Single Grain Scotch Bottler: North Star Spirits Founder: Ian Croucher Distillery: North British Region: Lowlands, Scotland Age: 30 years old Distilled: December 1995 Bottled: March 2026 Cask Type: Refill hogshead Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 50.2% Outturn: 396 bottles Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration Bottle Size: 700ml North British 30 Year Old tasting notes Nose: That old grain quality with sweet rum notes and gentle estery solvents. Palate: Super chunky and creamy in the mouth with a touch of all-spice. Finish: Wow, coconut and more rum notes! About this North Star whisky This North British 30 Year Old from North Star Spirits, founded by Ian Croucher, is a beautifully mature Lowland single grain whisky that showcases the depth, creaminess, and tropical character long-aged grain spirit can develop over time. Distilled in December 1995 and bottled in March 2026, this whisky spent three decades maturing in a refill hogshead, a cask that allows extended ageing without excessive oak extraction. Rather than dominating the spirit, the refill wood provides a gentle framework, allowing the whisky to evolve slowly into a rich and highly textural old grain profile. North British Distillery is one of Scotland’s most important grain distilleries, and at this age the spirit develops the qualities enthusiasts often seek from mature grain whisky: creamy texture, tropical sweetness, soft oak, and rum-like richness. On the nose, the whisky opens with classic mature grain character - sweet rum notes, gentle estery solvents, polished oak, and a softly nostalgic sweetness that only long ageing can bring. The palate is exceptionally creamy and weighty, coating the mouth with vanilla-rich grain sweetness, soft oak, and warming allspice. As it develops, the whisky leans further into tropical and rum-adjacent territory, revealing coconut, sweet oak, and lingering confectionery notes. The finish is long, mellow, and deeply satisfying, with coconut cream, soft spice, and rich rum-like sweetness gradually fading into polished oak. Bottled at cask strength (50.2% ABV), with natural colour and without chill filtration, this is a whisky that balances maturity with freshness remarkably well. With an outturn of 396 bottles, it offers a generous release of well-aged grain whisky at an age rarely encountered outside specialist bottlings. A classic old grain whisky - creamy, tropical, and deeply comforting, with the elegance and complexity that only three decades in cask can provide.