Category Archives: Highland Park

Highland Park Viking Scars, 10yo, 40%

Posted on 8 April 2020 by

I seriously cannot remember when I last bought a modern 40% whisky. Also, I cannot remember when I bought anything this regularly available. However, Serge’s 90 point review got me intrigued, and I was lucky enough to score a sample … Continue reading →

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Two Highland Park from 2002

Posted on 15 November 2019 by

Recently, Highland Park have started to be a lot more prolific in private cask releases. There’s still a slew of ‘Undisclosed Orkney’ going around, but I’m 99% sure that that is all Highland Park too, just without the official label … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 15, 2003-2019, 58.2% – Wu Dram Clan

Posted on 2 September 2019 by

So, Highland Park seems to have found their spot with single cask releases! A few years ago everybody was releasing ‘an Orkney whisky’, and now we’re getting Official Bottlings for chains of stores, single stores, clubs, whisky bars and whatnot. … Continue reading →

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Orkney 18yo, 54.6% – The Whisky Exchange’s Black Friday

Posted on 23 November 2018 by

Yet another embargoed sample, which is something The Whisky Exchange loves to do. It works. I get all giddy when it comes in, and they get a lot of press on the day the whisky actually comes out. This entire … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 18, 1999-2018, 53.6% – Berry Brothers & Rudd

Posted on 1 September 2018 by

I was discussing a trip to Scotland I’m planning for winter with a friend, with said friend. We were debating whether or not to fly to Glasgow and do the Arran/Campbeltown/Fort William trip or to fly to Inverness and venture … Continue reading →

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A dram in the morning

Posted on 2 June 2018 by

Over the last decade I have read a lot about whisky. About the production process, the background and history of distilleries and (semi)scientific writings about which molecules have which influence during fermentation and maturation. In many whisky books and magazines … Continue reading →

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Whiskies of the year: Runners up

Posted on 29 December 2017 by

I published the post with my whisky of the year last Monday. Generally I do the runners up first, or all in one post or so, but in this case it was a brand new whisky that I had not … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 1995-2017, 22yo, 53.2% – Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange

Posted on 28 November 2017 by

So, yet another sample sent to me from The Whisky Exchange. It’s the same as with everything in London: I should visit it sometime. Somehow, London seems elusive to me. It’s been on my wishlist for years, but it’s never … Continue reading →

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Highland Park 1988, 29yo, 51.5% – Cadenhead’s Cask Ends

Posted on 1 November 2017 by

I have no certainty how I got my hands on this sample, but I think it was from a bottle share from some guys in England, together with a heap of Springbank Open Day stuff. Anyway, when I saw a … Continue reading →

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Highland Park Ice, 17yo, 53.9%

Posted on 24 January 2017 by

The Highland Park Ice Edition. After a few series centered around viking-based marketing there suddenly was a new series that focuses on I don’t know what. Ice is not really an element, so that can’t be it. To be honest, … Continue reading →

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