Highland Park whisky reviews (95)

  • Highland Park 18 Year old - A dram of contrasts

    By Dram1 on 14th May 20122012-05-14T20:37:00

    85

    The nose of this dram is endless pleasure with prunes,sweetness,honey, nectar, cantaloupe, mature caramel, floral, meadow, salted butter and smoke. The palate is fill of zest, spice, toffee, salt lick,… read more

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  • Highland Park Thor - Excellent overpriced whisky

    By WhiskyNotes on 7th May 20122012-05-07T07:25:00

    90

    Highland Park started a new limited quartet (similar to their Saint Magnus trilogy) called Valhalla Collection. In the best story-telling tradition, all four will be named after Norse legends and gods and… read more

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  • Highland Park 21 year old - Rich and Dark - Highland Park

    By Jason0142 on 4th May 20122012-05-04T05:36:00

    90

    This is the new bottling released at 47.5%. Nose: Initially quite bland but after a couple of minutes it picks up, very dark, not very sherry sweet instead lots of notes of heather, old leather bound … read more

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  • Highland Park 12 Year old - Entry to HighlandPark

    By Jason0142 on 1st May 20122012-05-01T14:52:00

    88

    Nose: Sea spray, gentle peppery smoke, thick rich honeys, creamy honeys, some citrus (candied orange peels, melons), lovely sweet maltiness, heather, fine leather, some floral notes. Palate: thickly … read more

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  • Highland Park Thor 16yo - Different style of the standard HP

    By Jason0142 on 27th Apr 20122012-04-27T08:37:00

    90

    Nose: Ginger, leathers, grassy, campfire cinders and coal, earthy, butterscotch, caramals and dates. Palate: Well done toast with a good coating of creamy honeys, ginger and nutmeg spices, white tea, … read more

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  • Highland Park 12 Year old - All-Rounder

    By Stammos on 21st Apr 20122012-04-21T16:36:00

    87

    It has been said many times before that Highland Park 12 year old is a good all-rounder and thus perfect for a whisky starter like me. The nose is gentle honey, barley, oak and some sweet fruits. And… read more

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  • Highland Park Thor 16 yo - A lovely but different beast

    By galg on 16th Apr 20122012-04-16T07:34:00

    86

    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… read more

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  • Highland Park 18 Year old - Glorious!

    By tabarakRazvi on 6th Apr 20122012-04-06T09:33:00

    93

    A single malt this good? Such an absolutely complex whisky. Starts of discerningly sweet and floral and then suddenly out of no where the fragrant smoky oak hits you at the back of the throat. Such a … read more

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  • Highland Park 12 Year old - Extremely competent

    By tabarakRazvi on 6th Apr 20122012-04-06T09:19:00

    90

    A very nice younger expression of one of my absolute favorites (the 18 Year old). The nose is gentle yet firm with honey and barley and a touch of oak. Excellent delivery which is layered with a touch of… read more

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  • Highland Park 21 year old - Perfection from Orkney

    By galg on 4th Apr 20122012-04-04T07:26:00

    92

    This 21 year old has an interesting history. It was first released for Travel retails a few years ago, and was bottled at 47.5% ABV, then Highland park were seeing that it was in high demand and their … read more

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