Highland Park Lunar 18 3 5 Year Old

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

Highland Park Dark Origins

In my experience I have found HP to have an awful lot of batch variance in their releases, particularly their standard 12YO. Sometimes it's a rich smokey experience, other times I've found it rather bland. The 18YO is generally excellent, (although I've had some samples of that which were not as great as they should have been) and have also been...

Score 88/100

Highland Park Loki 15 Year Old Valhalla Collection

Nose: Musty curtains, ocean brine, lemon, vinegar, caramel, dried fruit, lemon rind. Palate: Stale week old bread, cardamom, all spice, bitter alcohol, corn syrup, viscous mouth feel. Finish: Baker's chocolate (bitter), all spice, caramel, rancid butter, licorice, toasted barley. If these tasting notes sound good to you, then you are a less...

Score 84/100

Highland Park Harald

Coming from the Highland Park Warrior Series (Travel Retail set), I'd say that Harald is the most delicate and uncharacteristic one. Though I've only tasted three out of six. Harald is part American oak, part European oak cask and named after King Harald, who had a well-known victorious army. In Highland Park Harald, the army is left short, though...

Score 82/100