Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Cask #6259 Bladnoch Forum

Highland Park 12 Year Old

Seems an appropriate time to back-track to where the malt addiction started. To smell; that trademark Highland Park sweet heather honey, nestled behind is a gorgeous light smoke. Water adds some grassy and flowery elements, leaves the honey unhindered, but alters the smoke to something akin to a cap-gun-like dirty smoke. To taste; smokier than...

Score 80/100

Highland Park Full Volume

This was dram #4 during an in-store tasting following the rather disappointing JW Ghost & Rare. When I heard that Highland Park were launching a whisky called full volume, I thought they would be releasing some of their heavily peated stock at Cask Strength. Or perhaps an edition composed of all floor malted barley a little like Laphroaigs'...

Score 85/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

I bought this bottle expecting a great deal. It did not disappoint. There are few bottlings which have such a mass appeal to the Peatheads, Sherried fans and Speysiders too. Love the toffee, peat smoke and honeyed malt taste. This is a desert island dram for me along with Ardbeg Uigeadail. Slainte Mhath!!

Score 96/100

Highland Park 12 Year Old

Interestingly, when I first opened this bottle and poured my first glass to nose it several years ago; I thought I wouldn't like it as I recall my very first thought: bourbon. I remember sensing bitter fruit with hints of vanilla. It could have been something else influencing the palette, just as wine can be complementary or disagreeable with...

Score 89/100