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Highland Park 1999, 16yo, cask 4260, 56.6% – Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Exchange
The second sample I got from The Whisky Exchange is a cask strength Highland Park from 1999. About the same age (or exactly the same age) as the Aberlour. This one’s from a bourbon cask, which deviates a little bit … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, Bourbon Cask, Free Sample, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Private Cask, The Whisky Exchange
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Highland Park 1999-2010, 10yo, 59.3% – SMWS (4.141 – Simply Delicious)
Apparently, even the SMWS tasting panel is something lost for words when naming their whiskies. I can imagine after having done about 4000 of them, but ‘Simply Delicious’ doesn’t sound very inspired… Anyway, fresh bourbon barrel and Highland Park is … Continue reading
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Tagged HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, The Society's Share, The Vaults
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Blind Tasting Competition Day 5: Highland Park 1992-2015, 22 yo, 59.6% – Cadenhead Wood Range (Sherry Cask)
As expected, yesterday was another zero-pointer. I had everything wrong about this whisky, apart from the fact that it was a cask strength dram. That’s something that, obviously, is not getting you any points at all. It seems that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Tasting Competition, Cadenhead, HIghland Park, Islands, Orkney, Sherry Cask, Usquebaugh Society, Wood Range
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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 1986, 25 years old, 54.1% – Malts of Scotland Amazing Casks
This is bound to be a good one for multiple reasons. First, it’s a Highland Park. Second, it’s from Malts of Scotland AND they’re calling it an Amazing Cask. Third, it’s 25 years old, which seems to be a rather … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, HIghland Park, Islands, Luc Timmermans, Malts of Scotland, Orkney, Thomas Ewers
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Blog Birthday Bash #5
Today is the 5th birthday of my blog. Almost 1250 posts in, with a couple thousand visitors every month, I’m still having fun doing this. To celebrate, ever since the first birthday in 2010, I invite a couple of friends … Continue reading
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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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Highland Park 1999, 11yo, 56.6%, Sherbet Fountains and Rainbow Drops – SMWS (4.158)
Due to quite a lot of sample buying and sharing from and with whisky buddies in England, I’ve gotten my hand on some SMWS samples. Apparently the SMWS there is loads more fun than it is in The Netherlands. Bummer … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 