North Star Spirits 26 Year Old Series 26 Blended Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl

North Star Spirits 26 Year Old Series 26 Blended Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl

A new release for Series 26 of Iain Croucher's House of Fun and Curiosities. 

Delicious as hell and very competitively priced also. 

The youngest whisky in the mix was distilled in 1999 and bottled in June 2025 at natural cask strength, without chill-filtration or artificial colouring. 

TASTING NOTES

Nose
Old chest of drawers & dunnage warehouse floors.

Palate
Dark chocolate, nutmeg & chewy toffee.

Finish
Everything you want from an old blend

About North Star Spirits

North Star Spirits was founded in Glasgow in 2016 by Iain Croucher. They have since developed a strong reputation for bottling fantastic single cask and small batch whiskies, as well as the much-lauded Vega and Spica blends.

This Glenrothes was distilled in January 2008 and aged in a first-fill ex-Oloroso hogshead for 12 years. Part of the North Star Cask Series #012.

Earmarked from an early stage an ideal component in blended Scotch whiskies, Glenrothes has long been a key part of big brands such as Cutty Sark and Famous Grouse. Its relationship with the former, lead to a three decade-long association with London wine-merchants, Berry Brothers & Rudd, who first approached Highland Distillers about licensing the Glenrothes single malt brand in 1983, eventually trading the Cutty Sark blend with Edrington for full ownership of it in 2010. The distillery itself remained with Edrington through, and the two were reunited when the now hugely successful brand was returned in 2017. Releases from independent labels like this have also always been highly regarded.

44.2% ABV

70cl