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Tag Archives: Kirkwall
Secret Orkney 16, 2006-2022, Bourbon Hogshead, 48.2% – Wu Dram Clan
I am very bad at reading things in time. Or reviewing things in time, but that’s another discussion. I knew this bottle was coming out due to the Wu Dram Clan making some noise about it on Social Media. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Park, Undisclosed
Tagged 2006, Bourbon Cask, HIghland Park, Kirkwall, Orkney, Secret Orkney, Undisclosed Distillery, Wu Dram Clan
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Highland Park 15, 2003-2019, 58.2% – Wu Dram Clan
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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Tagged 2003, Dutch Flagship Stores, Edrington, Free Sample, HIghland Park, Highlands, Islands, Kirkwall, Orkney, Sherry Cask, Wu Dram Clan
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Highland Park 1995-2017, 22yo, 53.2% – Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange
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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Tagged 1995, Free Sample, Gordon & MacPhail, HIghland Park, Islands, Kirkwall, Orkney, The Whisky Exchange
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Highland Park 1997-2008, 10yo, Cask 5820, 57.6% – Gordon & MacPhail Reserve
When this bottling came out in 2008, it happened to be around early autumn when the Whisky by the Sea festival was held in Vlissingen. I was there with my friend TT and we ended up talking to Michiel Wigman … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997, Gordon & MacPhail, HIghland Park, Kirkwall, Orkney, Reserve, Sherry Cask
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Highland Park Odin, 16yo, 55.8%
About a million years ago (on February 19th of 2015, in the time of the mammoth) I did a bottle share of Highland Park’s then newest release in their ‘short series’ stuff. The Odin. The follow up and grand finale … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, HIghland Park, Islands, Kirkwall, Odin, Orkney, Valhalla Collection
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Highland Park Sigurd, 43%
Highland Park Sigurd. I initially wanted this bottle because it’s called Sigurd. Sigurd is the Norse base name for Sjoerd, which is rather epic. It means something like ‘Keeper of Victory’. Rob, the owner of Whiskykoning in Den Bosch, saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, HIghland Park, Highlands, Islands, Kirkwall, Orkney, Sigurd, Warriors
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