Highland Park reviews

Nose: smoky wood, cherries, old leather, orange peel, lemon.Neat: dark chocolate, dried cherries, salt & iodineThe high ABV makes itself known, burning the tongue and numbing the lips. Oragel, eat your…

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 rele…

Light sweet fast smooth arrival peat herbalic loaded middle short fast fruity watery finish.

When I first started getting seriously into whisky about 10 years ago this was one of the 'must have' malts. It didn't disappoint. Today it doesn't seem as good as it did back then. I honestly am not…

Monarchy of the Lads is a series of single cask releases by Belgian club BYOB-C (say ‘biopsy’), which stands for Bring Your Own Bottle Club. This is their seventh release already, after the Clynelish…

Highland Park plans a new duo: The Dark & The Light. The first, which appeared at the end of 2017, symbolizes winter and autumn. The second one will then be about spring and summer and will be called The…

Four years ago I tried the Highland Park 30 Year old for the first time. I must say, it is a ‘happy-to-see-you-again’ moment. Back then I called it the best Highland Park I had tried so far and that…

I have had this one tucked away in my cabinet for quite a while, but today I’m going to give it a try. This Highland Park was bottled in 2016 for The Nectar’s tenth anniversary. It was distilled in 1992…

Independent Highland Park is hard to find these days, but it used to be quite different. Take this 17 years old HP from Cadenhead’s in their famous Authentic Collection for example. The alcohol content…

The Valkyrie is the first release in the new series 'Viking Legends' from Highland Park (2018 will see the release of the Valknut - 2019 will see the release of the Valhalla). Jim Lyngvild, an expert in…