
North Star Spirits Secret Speyside 15 Year Old

Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch
Bottler: North Star Spirits
Founder: Ian Croucher
Distillery: Secret Speyside
Region: Speyside, Scotland
Age: 15 years old
Distilled: May 2009
Bottled: June 2025
Cask Type: Oloroso sherry hogshead
Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength, 50.3%
Outturn: 357 bottles
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Bottle Size: 700ml
Secret Speyside 15 Year Old tasting notes
Nose: Funky farmyard & Play-Doh.
Palate: Date syrup & sour cherry soup.
Finish: A first for us - crazy juice.
About this North Star whisky
North Star Spirits released this bold 15-year-old single malt from a Secret Speyside distillery, selected by founder Ian Croucher. Distilled in May 2009 and bottled in June 2025, this whisky was matured in an oloroso sherry hogshead, giving a rich depth to the distillery’s naturally robust and meaty spirit. Bottled at cask strength (50.3%) with natural colour and no chill filtration, it opens with funky farmyard notes and a playful hint of Play-Doh, before moving into date syrup sweetness and tangy sour cherry soup on the palate. The finish lives up to its description, “crazy juice”, and lingers with a lively, sherried complexity. Only 357 bottles were produced.
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