Highland Park 1991 10 Year Old Cask #8091 Mackillop's Choice

Highland Park 12 Year Old

There are few whiskies that sell better than the Highland Park 12 Year Old, the flagship of the distillery with the same name on the Outer Hebrides’ island of Orkney. Today we will try the modern version, bottled in 2011. This new batch has a completely different nose from the older ones in the dumpy bottles. Very sweet and grainy, but the bouquet...

Score 80/100

Highland Park Hjarta 12 Year Old

Nose: This is the 12 year old version on Steroids. Cask Strength, much more sherried. Dried fruits on the nose, spice and Caramelised sugar. Palate: Big sweet barley and vanilla, with peat smoke. Massive. Finish: The finish here was indeed disappointing. Quite short, for such a masculine, sweet nose and palate. too bad. Bottom line : Very...

Score 85/100

Highland Park 1990/2007 The Single Malts of Scotland

The egomaniac in me is naturally drawn towards bottles from my birth year. And why not? Except for an utterly dreadful G&M Glentauchers, 1990 was a great vintage in my books. Admittedly, these were no longer the “Golden Days” the drinkers amongst us with deeper pockets can brag about. But it makes sense when you think about it: The whisky...

Score 83/100

Highland Park The Dark 17 Year Old

Highland Park plans a new duo: The Dark & The Light. The first, which appeared at the end of 2017, symbolizes winter and autumn. The second one will then be about spring and summer and will be called The Light – coming soon. So, let’s give The Dark a go, which was cut to 52.9% (yup, this is not cask strength). The nose needs a bit of time, but...

Score 87/100