Highland Park reviews

HP have a history of making quality drams so I was pleased to purchase and open this bottle. It is made from spirit matured in different cask types. 80% first-fill Sherry casks (20% refill) - 60% are…

In my experience I have found HP to have an awful lot of batch variance in their releases, particularly their standard 12YO. Sometimes it's a rich smokey experience, other times I've found it rather…

Highland Park does some questionable stuff and some pretty awesome stuff at the same time. The older HPs (18, 21, 25, 30) are all pretty awesome in my opinion. All this other business with vikings and…

Highland park 18 Highland park distillery is found on the island of Orkney, the 18yo release is part of the core range and is thought of by many as a favourite. Bottled at 43% you can’t help but think…

Jürgen Vromans hardly needs an introduction, I think. In a few years’ time he has grown from a friendly and helpful fellow that you could hire to help at whiskyfestival (hence the name Whisky Mercenary…

The only one, I've tasted of the Valhalla Collection. Freya is a 15YO single malt, named after the Norse Goddess of Love. Might as well be Imperator Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron) from Mad Max: Fury…

Royal Mile Whiskies is famous British online retailer with two actual shops: one in London and one in Edinburgh. They often release single malt under their own label. So far they have bottled 5 Highland…

Bennachie is the name of a mountain range in Scotland, but also of a (no longer operational) independent bottler. They used to have their own ‘pure malts’ on the market (a 10 and 17 year old), but from…

Scent: Bit-o-honey, light smoke, caramel, dried cut grass, Asian pear, cumin, buttered toast. In the mouth, this whisky reveals more sweetness that borders on cloying. Over some fruit, the smoke rises…

The egomaniac in me is naturally drawn towards bottles from my birth year. And why not? Except for an utterly dreadful G&M Glentauchers, 1990 was a great vintage in my books. Admittedly, these were no…