Highland Park 1956 20 Year Old

Highland Park 40 Year Old

Nose: A stroll down memory lane: old libraries and a lot of wood resin, a surprising note of red grapefruit (but not something I have not sniffed in other older whiskies – I recall one old MOM speysider with this exact aroma) , dark fruits behind all this in addition to dark chocolate, some pepper, nutmeg and cinnamon, wood spices galore, and in a...

Score 94/100

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old Valhalla Collection

Highland Park is one of my top 3 distilleries, and there are always a few bottles in my bar from this wonderful Orkney distillery. Earlier this year, HP caused quite a stir in the whisky puddle after a massive PR campaign for their latest expression “Thor” the 16 year old whisky. A twitter account was created, as well as a teaser campaign was...

Score 86/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

I've done a review before of the Highland Park 18 but that was back when I didn't know my peat from a kiln. I'd like to think I've come a long way from then. However, what's true is that I loved it back then and I love it still. Highland Park routinely use Oloroso Sherry casks to mature their spirit but what gives their spirits it's unique profile...

Score 93/100

Highland Park 20 Year Old 1995 G&M for The Whisky Mercenary

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) to an excellent bottler with a nose for good whisky. A good thing: he remained friendly and helpful. His new release is a 20 Year Old Highland...

Score 88/100