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There is not all that much info to be found about this Highland Park that was bottled for some Belgian dudes (Eric Vermeire, Jan Vissers, Geert De Clercq and Erik Vervoort). Someone whispered into my ear…

A little over a year ago I tried the Highland Park 17 Year Old The Dark, which had matured on sherry casks and was supposed to represent autumn. I felt it tasted great, but was too expensive. More than…

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society – SMWS in short – does not need an introduction. They bottle a lot of single casks from all distilleries, both Scottish and others. This cask – SMWS 4.249 – is a Highland…

Jack Wieber used to be the European agent of many popstars, including Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Only much later did he turn to whisky. One of his exploits is the series Jack’s Pirate Das Gesto…

Twisted Tattoo? Seriously? What’s that all about? Anyway, the interesting thing about this HP is the fact that it matured on a combination of bourbon casks and Rioja wine casks. La Rioja is a wine region…

The Highland Park Valknut is the second whisky in the Viking Legend series, with a design by Danish designer Jim Lyngvild. The Valknut, the symbol on the label, consists of three triangles that flow into…

Highland Park loves to profile itself with the slogan ‘best spirit in the world’, but many aficionados were somewhat disappointed with the distillery of late. The official releases are too many too fast…

I finally decided to open my bottle of Old Pulteney 21-year old that I had been stacking away since 2017. It was matured in fino sherry (one third) and refill bourbon casks (two thirds) and was discon…

Maybe regional designations don't matter much anymore, but I tend to think of "typical" Speyside whisky as honey-flowers-cinnamon-vanilla-raisins and this Craigellachie is a bit different. It's from a…

I've been drawn to heavy, guitar-driven music as long as I can remember. From Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, and even AC/DC, louder was always better when I was learning to play. Looking back…