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Highland Park 12 Year Old

Old review: get yourselves back to Nov 23, 2015, early evening. Where were you? (Rhetorical question.) I was by a fireplace at a cozy boutique hotel in Madrid that goes by the name Only You (strongly recommended if you ever come to Spain's capital) sharing a drink with my uncle. I guess he'd have had his usual Hendrick's G'n'T with its also usual...

Score 90/100

Highland Park 12 Year Old

A peated nose with warming honey notes on the palate. A gentle harmony in your mouth for the fist 4-5 seconds then a burning spicy finish...a long finish indeed! Very well balanced.

Score 86/100

Highland Park 12 Year Old

I wanted to try this after being slightly disappointed with the 18 yo but finding the 21yo and 16yo (Travel Retail only) excellent whiskies. The 12 yo is a classy malt for the sub £30 bracket, very drinkable and perfect as an after dinner dram or with a cigar. Balanced nose with honeyed/toffee aroma, not too treacly on the pallet unlike the 18yo...

Score 85/100

Highland Park 12 Year Old

Highland Park is near and dear to my Scotch loving heart. It was at my inaugural SMSW tasting that I first learned of the HP brand. This tasty malt immediately evoked intrigue as the peat introduced itself to my senses. I needed to learn more and thus my whisky journey began. For those who are new to Scotch and/or peated styles, this is a nice...

Score 88/100