Quite a few of these Single Barrels have been released. We will taste four of them along side each other. The older distillates were bottled at a higher ABV than the younger ones. Balvenie started bot…

Gordon & Macphail has a series of cask strength whiskies, aptly labeled CASK, where this Highland Park found lodging with its 56,9% ABV. It is a vatting of three sister casks. We are trying this one as…

There are few whiskies that sell better than the Highland Park 12 Year Old, the flagship of the distillery with the same name on the Outer Hebrides’ island of Orkney. Today we will try the modern version…

This 12 Year Old Highland Park is something special, bottled in 1980 for the Italian market, imported by Ferrareto from Milan. The bottle is hideous, but the contents is wonderful with a fantastic bronze…

The Norseman Leif Eriksson was the first European to set foot on the American continent (eat your heart out, Columbus!), starting settlements in Labrador and Newfoundland in the early 11th Century.…

Maxxium Netherlands is a distributor in Amsterdam, with quite the portfolio, including brands from Beam Global and the Edrington Group. Edrington owns, besides The Macallan and The Famous Grouse, the…

This 12 Year Old Saint Magnus, the second release of the Earl Magnus trilogy, is the only one still available from the HP website (but then do not ship outside the UK), because of the large number of…

The flagship of Highland Park, the distillery on Orkney, is undoubtedly their 12 Year Old. We are tasting it from a dumpy bottle from the beginning of the century (2003 or 2004). The nose is triple F:…

The word Hjärta is Norwegian for heart. As you are probably aware, the Orcadians have more in common with the Norwegians than with the Scots. They are more Vikings than men of the kilt. This bottling was…

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 stan…