Highland Park 25 Year Old 1986 Cask 2279 Cask Strength Collection

Highland Park 1989/2012 Malts of Scotland

Those who want to keep up with Malts of Scotland, must dram at a serious pace. This summer, again a whole batch of bottlings from this German Indie were released, including this 23 Year Old Highland Park from 1989, their third from this Orcadian distillery. While the nose is not very complex, it is very fresh and eager. A malty heart is surrounded...

Score 85/100

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

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old Valhalla Collection

Highland Park is one of my top 3 distilleries, and there are always a few bottles in my bar from this wonderful Orkney distillery. Earlier this year, HP caused quite a stir in the whisky puddle after a massive PR campaign for their latest expression “Thor” the 16 year old whisky. A twitter account was created, as well as a teaser campaign was...

Score 86/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

My bottle has been open since July 13. It has been in my glass for 30 minutes and ready to go. This is a wonderful Whisky which is worth the hype. The nose tells you this is a complex dram. Oak, honey, malt, grassy, dusty old books, a waft of smoke and apple peel. This is creamy and smooth. Slight salt, apples, smokey, peat and orange peel. The...

Score 90/100