Highland Park 20 Year Old 1990 Cask 15697 Cask Strength Collection

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 1990/2007 The Single Malts of Scotland

The egomaniac in me is naturally drawn towards bottles from my birth year. And why not? Except for an utterly dreadful G&M Glentauchers, 1990 was a great vintage in my books. Admittedly, these were no longer the “Golden Days” the drinkers amongst us with deeper pockets can brag about. But it makes sense when you think about it: The whisky...

Score 83/100

Highland Park Vintage 1997

This 12 Year Old Highland Park is a Vintage expression, bottled exclusively for the duty free range, meaning you can only find it at the airport in 1 liter bottles. According to many, this is the standard 12 Year Old, but a touch more smoky. It is composed of 1997 casks, both bourbon and sherry. The nose is soft on salted farm butter, citrus like...

Score 82/100

Highland Park 30 Year Old

I've tried quite a few HP distillery offerings over the past couple of years and have been looking forward with great anticipation to the 30 year bottled at 48.1%. This retails in London for about £230 with the 5cl available at £19. As one would expect this has a beautifully deep toffee honey colour and sits in the glass elegantly. I tried two...

Score 85/100