Blog — north star spirits

We're looking at a couple of Islay malts from award winning independent bottler, North Star Spirits.

Two casks from North Star Spirits, one fully matured in oloroso, the other only having a short finishing period. Will we prefer the sherry bomb, or will finish give better balance to the spirit?

Two more releases from North Star, including our first review of spirit produced at Annandale distillery.

Independent Caol Ila's are in no short supply, but they tend to represent great quality and value in the Islay whisky market, so how do these two single casks stack up?

Can quality and value be found in blended malts? We're interested to find out as more independent bottlers release their own takes on this category of whisky.

We head to the lowlands to check out a few IB releases from Auchentoshan, which we consider to be an underrated distillery producing a unique spirit.