Highland Park 1981 Scott's Selection Bottled 2011

Highland Park 16 Year Old Jack’s Pirate Das Gestohlene Schiff XIV

Jack Wieber used to be the European agent of many popstars, including Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Only much later did he turn to whisky. One of his exploits is the series Jack’s Pirate Das Gestohlene Schiff (which translates into ‘The Stolen Ship’), which often contains – but not always! – Islay blended malts. The first one appeared in 2011....

Score 86/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

NOSE: delicate complex nose with strawberries, cranberries and cherries, creamy, toffee, marmalade, distant note of peat. A bit herbal. With water it gets much richer and creamier. TASTE: sweet and sour, creamy sherry, berries with the peat note towards the finish. FINISH: tannins, fruity, a bit of smoke.

Score 90/100

Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Cask 974

Maxxium Netherlands is a distributor in Amsterdam, with quite the portfolio, including brands from Beam Global and the Edrington Group. Edrington owns, besides The Macallan and The Famous Grouse, the popular Highland Park. This 12 Year Old is a single cask at cask strength, released for the general population in bottles of 35cl in March 2008. The...

Score 85/100

Highland Park 13 Year Old 1992 Brachadair for Crann Whisky Club

Brachadair is a Belgian bottler that I have already tasted delicious stuff from. In 2005, quite a while ago, it's true – he bottled a 13-year-old Highland Park for the Belgian whisky club Crann. Good nose! Delicious grassy notes with a lot of heather, vanilla and honey, but also some mandarins and pineapples. In the background I get some banana...

Score 86/100