Highland Park reviews

It has been said many times before that Highland Park 12 year old is a good all-rounder and thus perfect for a whisky starter like me. The nose is gentle honey, barley, oak and some sweet fruits. And the…

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…

A single malt this good? Such an absolutely complex whisky. Starts of discerningly sweet and floral and then suddenly out of no where the fragrant smoky oak hits you at the back of the throat. Such a…

A very nice younger expression of one of my absolute favorites (the 18 Year old). The nose is gentle yet firm with honey and barley and a touch of oak. Excellent delivery which is layered with a touch…

This 21 year old has an interesting history. It was first released for Travel retails a few years ago, and was bottled at 47.5% ABV, then Highland park were seeing that it was in high demand and their…

Archives is the label of the Whiskybase Shop, under which they bottle wonderful nectar. This is from their Second Release (not counting the Inaugural Release) and contains, besides this HP, a 13 Year Old…

Maltman will soon have an Auchetoshan on the market. You can imagine that is something I am personally looking forward to. But for now, I will settle for this young Highland Park bottling. On the back…

Nose: Honey malt, buttermilk cereal--to put it nicely (could also qualify as baby vomit and oatmeal, depending on your tastes), soft, damp peat smoke... Way in the background you get some fresh crisp…

This is an absolutely super whisky. The word "balance" is used frequently to describe whiskies and HP12 is the perfect example. HP12 has smoke, sweet, and floral (heather?) elements all playing nice…

Highland park 12 yo is the most affordable expression in the core range, and at a good value. many start here when starting out with single malts. dark gold in color.Nose: vanilla, toffee, caramel,…