Highland Park 30 Year Old 1968 Samaroli 30th Anniversary

Highland Park 18 Year Old

In my short time as a whisky freak, no malt has grown on me as much as Highland Park 18YO. I first had this at a bar, and was not impressed. I suppose compared to some of the peatier malts I had, it just could not stand out. Several months later, I tried a sampler bottle of the 18. Without the distraction of more overpowering malts, I thought,...

Score 92/100

Highland Park 1994

This Highland Park was bottled for the traveller in 2010 and thus contains a 16 Year Old Highland Park, although the blue label only mentioned Vintage 1994. It was bottled at the rather easy drinking strength of 40% ABV (just like the 1998 and the 1990, by the way). The nose is less sweet, yet more fruity. Orange marmalade and mirabelles. Mint and...

Score 86/100

Highland Park 2000

This is the last of a series of whisky samples that a friend of mine in Queensland, Australia has sent me. We'd decided to do a series of whisky exchanges in order to experience more whiskies for a drastically reduced price. The problem is whisky is expensive in many places, good whisky is even more whisky and in Australia whisky is just godawful...

Score 90/100

Highland Park 25 Year Old 1970 Gordon & Macphail Centenary

For the 100th anniversary of Gordon & Macphail, they bottled a couple of special whiskies in the Centenary Reserve series. I tried the Balblair 1973, Caol Ila 1966, Mortlach 1984 and Saint Magdalene 1980 before. The first two were great. So I am a bit curious to this dark HP. The nose is very aromatic and red, if you know what I mean. Think...

Score 81/100