Highland
Park, the most Northern of all Scottish distilleries dominates
both the city of Kirkwall and the famous Scapa Flow. At the end
of the 18th century, preacher Magnus Eunson who was a famous smuggler,
is supposed to have distilled spirit on the place of the current
distillery. He was hiding stocks of illegal spirit under the pulpit
in the church. This preacher who was a native of Orkney has been
canonized here later, but the church of Kirkwall has not been named
after him, but after Magnus Erlendsson who died some 600 years earlier.
The current distillery has been built in 1825 by Robert Borwick, but is became
soon the property of John Robertson who was the excise man who jailed Magnus
Eunson for moonshine distilling. Later on the ownership of the distillery has
been shared between Borwick and Robertson, until the last retired. After the
death of Robert Borwick, his son George became manager of the business until
1860.
After this, Highland Park has been owned by different people since 1890 when
James Grant, owner of The Glenlivet formed a
partnership with William Stuart, owner of Miltonduff.
The production capacity was doubled in 1898, 10 years after the buying-up of
William Stuarts shares by James Grant.
It is part of the Highland Distillers group since 1937.
The Highland Distillers group has been acquired by Edrington Group in November
1999 for £ 601m.
Highland Park is part of the composition of Long John amongst others. 






Highland-Park |
12 years |
Age |
12 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40,0 % |
Bottler |
Official |
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Comment by |
sweet honey and light smooth. Palate: sweet (vanilla, honney) light smoke, an citrus hints. A very good whisky ideal for any good whisky collection |
Comment by |
Apperance: Pale gold to Amber. |
Highland-Park |
12 years |
Age |
12 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40,0 % |
Bottler |
Official |
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Comment by |
Apperance: Old sauternes ranging to copper |
Highland-Park |
25 years |
Age |
25 years |
Alcohol percentage |
53,5 % |
Bottler |
Official |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Comment by |
The last of the three bottles in the Highland Park gift set my ex-girlfriend bought for me while we were dating, and truly an exceptional old malt. I've enjoyed all three immensly, the 12 year old, the 18 year old and finally, the great 25 year old. Holding this glass sort of makes me feel bad I broke up with her. Apperance: Dark copper or Amontillado Sherry Nose: Very mild and balanced. Creamy. White chocolate and orange fudge. Slight wiff of malt. Absolutely delicious. Diluted it becomes just a bit dryer and some mossy scents comes out. Hugely complex aroma. If I put the glass an inch further away from my nose I get a scent of bakery. Brilliant. Body: Creamy and very full while smooth as silk. Palate: Just like I experienced with all the other Highland Park! bottlings to some extent, it starts out very light and delicate, but after just a second comes a malty richness rolling. White chocolate, fruits, honey and spices. A lot of development.The finish is very long with balanced sweetness and a malty tone. |
Highland-Park |
15 years |
Age |
15 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40,0 % |
Bottler |
Official |
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Highland-Park |
Old Malt Cask, 1987 |
Collection |
Old malt cask |
Age |
16 years |
Alcohol percentage |
50,0 % |
Bottler |
Douglas Laing |
Cask number |
single cask DL 984 |
Dates |
Distil: 1/04/1987 Bottling: 1/09/2003 |
Bottle |
306 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered |
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Highland-Park |
Cask 1989 |
Collection |
Cask |
Age |
12 years |
Alcohol percentage |
58,4 % |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
Cask |
American Oak |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Un-chillfiltered collection 1988 |
Collection |
Un-chillfiltered collection |
Age |
13 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46,0 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
Sherry |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered |
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Highland-Park |
Cask Strength Collection 1992, 11 yo |
Collection |
Cask strength Collection |
Age |
11 years |
Alcohol percentage |
59,3 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
Refill sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 20593 |
Dates |
Distil: 11/11/1992 Bottling: 12/10/2004 |
Bottle |
102 of 332 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Cask Strength Collection 1990, 16 yo |
Collection |
Cask strength Collection |
Age |
16 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,1 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
1st fill sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 15688 |
Dates |
Distil: 13/12/1990 Bottling: 12/06/2007 |
Bottle |
452 of 519 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Provenance: 10 years, Summer distillation |
Collection |
Provenance |
Age |
10 years |
Alcohol percentage |
43,0 % |
Bottler |
Douglas Laing |
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Highland-Park |
Scott's Selection 1985 |
Collection |
Natural Cask Strength |
Age |
19 years |
Alcohol percentage |
54,2 % |
Bottler |
Scott's Selection |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Cask Collection, 16 years |
Collection |
Cask Collection |
Age |
16 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,4 % |
Bottler |
Dewar Rattray |
Cask |
bourbon |
Cask number |
single cask 3953 |
Dates |
Distil: 23-4-1990 Bottling: 10-8-2006 |
Bottle |
292 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Adelphi, 24 years |
Age |
24 years |
Alcohol percentage |
55,8 % |
Bottler |
Adelphi |
Cask number |
single cask 6088 |
Dates |
Distil: 1981 Bottling: 2006 |
Bottle |
247 btls |
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Highland-Park |
Adelphi Breath of the Isles |
Age |
13 years |
Alcohol percentage |
53,4 % |
Bottler |
Adelphi |
Cask number |
single cask 3203 |
Dates |
Distil: 1992 Bottling: 2006 |
Bottle |
309 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Murray McDavid Mission 1967 |
Collection |
Mission |
Age |
35 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40,1 % |
Bottler |
Murray McDavid |
Dates |
Distil: 2002 Bottling: 1967 |
Bottle |
393 of 500 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Single Malts of Scotland, 16 years |
Collection |
The Single Malts of Scotland |
Age |
16 ans |
Taux d'alcool |
46,0 % |
Embouteilleur |
The Whisky Exchange |
Fût |
Hogshead |
Numéro fût |
single cask 7059 |
Dates |
Distill: 29-3-1990 Embout: 15-3-2007 |
Bouteille |
347 btls |
liens et cote moyenne |
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Highland-Park |
Scottish Castles, 25 years |
Collection |
Scottish Castles |
Age |
25 years |
Alcohol percentage |
52,8 % |
Bottler |
Jack Wieber |
Cask number |
single cask 6064 |
Dates |
Distil: 1981 Bottling: 2007 |
Bottle |
107 btls |
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Highland-Park |
Cask Collection, 18 years |
Collection |
Cask Collection |
Age |
18 years |
Alcohol percentage |
53,5 % |
Bottler |
Dewar Rattray |
Cask number |
single cask 1913 |
Dates |
Distil: 19-05-1989 Bottling: 15-06-2007 |
Bottle |
241 btls |
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The nose is a subtle and perfectly
balanced mix of honey and flowers. Nice freshness and great smoothness. This seems to be a prelude to a great pleasure.
The first mouth is rather dry but develops quickly to become extremely complex after a while, with alternately
liquorice or violet (tastes like Bowmore...), red currant jam, honey, the whole with a very pleasant warmth sensation.
The finish is long and warm. Very smooth, it prolongs perfectly the mouth impression.
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A very fruity nose, with smells of green apple mixed to wax , some hints of paint remover and honey. This nose simply announces a nice complexity with a pleasant mix of smoothness and acidity.
In the palate, the impression is even better. Ripe fruits and green apple, honey with some slightly bitter nutty notes, cashew nut.
Nice finish, lingering and warm, where nutty hints seem to dominate, developing gently on nice moka notes.
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Highland-Park |
15 years |
Age |
15 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Alc-hem-ist |
Dates |
Distil: 05-1990 Bottling: 07-2005 |
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Highland-Park |
Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve |
Collection |
Reserve |
Age |
10 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,4 % |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
Cask |
first fill sherry hogshead |
Cask number |
single cask 5832 |
Dates |
Distil: 1997 Bottling: 2008 |
Bottle |
306 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
City of Zwolle, selected by Hans Offringa |
Age |
18 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
first fill sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 09/491 |
Dates |
Distil: 13/12/1990 Bottling: 30/9/2009 |
Bottle |
74 of 306 btls |
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Highland-Park |
Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve Cask 5823 |
Collection |
Reserve |
Age |
12 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,2 % |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
Cask |
Refill sherry hogshead |
Cask number |
single cask5823 |
Dates |
Distil: 06/09/1997 Bottling: 17/11/2010 |
Particularity |
cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
MacPhail's 30 years |
Collection |
The MacPhail's Collection |
Age |
30 years |
Alcohol percentage |
43,0 % |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
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Highland-Park |
38 years, 1966/2005 "For the whiskyfair Limburg" |
Age |
38 years |
Alcohol percentage |
42,4 % |
Bottler |
Official |
Dates |
Distil: 1966 Bottling: 2005 |
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Highland-Park |
Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve (For Netherlands) |
Collection |
Reserve |
Age |
11 years |
Alcohol percentage |
57,6 % |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
1977-2010 |
Collection |
The Perfect Dram |
Age |
33 years |
Alcohol percentage |
52,3 % |
Bottler |
The Whisky Agency |
Cask |
Bourbon |
Dates |
Distil: 1975 Bottling: 2010 |
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Highland-Park |
1986, Bourbon Hogshead |
Age |
24 years |
Alcohol percentage |
50,7 % |
Bottler |
Malts of Scotland |
Cask |
Bourbon Hogshead |
Cask number |
single cask 2296 |
Dates |
Distil: 30-6-1986 Bottling: 02-2011 |
Bottle |
192 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Colour: Straw |
Highland-Park |
Straight from the Cask 1985 |
Age |
19 years |
Alcohol percentage |
53,9 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Bourbon/Grenache Blanc aged in Banyuls casks |
Age |
17 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Murray McDavid |
Cask |
Banyuls |
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Comment by |
Colour: Medium golden, a light rosé wine glimmer. |
Highland-Park |
16 years |
Age |
16 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40 % |
Bottler |
Official |
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Colour: Golden brown, dirty gold, very interesting ... the bottle and the very exhuberant liner notes say nothing about any kind of colouring. |
Highland-Park |
Provenance, summer distillation 1998 |
Age |
11 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Douglas Laing |
links & average quote |
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Comment by |
Colour: Medium brite straw. |
Highland-Park |
Specially selected for The Nectar Belgium |
Collection |
Rare Auld Cask Strength |
Age |
39 years |
Alcohol percentage |
41,8 % |
Bottler |
Duncan Taylor |
Cask number |
single cask 3460 |
Bottle |
142 of 183 btls |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
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Highland-Park |
Single Sherry cask 1983 |
Age |
20 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,8 % |
Bottler |
Official |
Cask |
Sherry |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
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Highland-Park |
Old Malt Cask 11 years |
Age |
11 years |
Alcohol percentage |
50 % |
Bottler |
Douglas Laing |
Cask |
Refill hogshead |
Cask number |
5697 |
Dates |
Distil. 1988 - Bottling 2009 |
Highland-Park |
21 years old for Travel Retail |
Age |
21 years |
Alcohol percentage |
47,5 % |
Bottler |
Official |
links & average quote |
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Highland-Park |
Orange label for LMDW (second edition) |
Age |
18 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 15111 |
Dates |
Distil: 17-9-1991 Bottling: 17-9-2009 |
Bottle |
453 of 827 btls |
Particularity |
(2nd edition ) |
links & average quote |
Highland-Park |
Orange Label for LMDW , first edition |
Collection |
Un-chillfiltered Collection |
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
Sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 15098 |
Dates |
Distil: 1991 Bottling: 2008 |
Particularity |
(first edition) |
links & average quote |
Highland-Park |
13 years |
Age |
13 years |
Alcohol percentage |
57 % |
Bottler |
Master of Malt |
Dates |
Distil: 1997 Bottling: 2010 |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
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Highland-Park |
Unchill filtered collection |
Collection |
Un-chillfiltered Collection |
Age |
17 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46 % |
Bottler |
Signatory |
Cask |
Sherry butt |
Cask number |
single cask 15098 |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered |
links & average quote |
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Highland-Park |
24 years old Daily Dram |
Collection |
Daily Dram |
Age |
24 years |
Alcohol percentage |
51,8 % |
Bottler |
The Nectar |
Dates |
Distil: 1986 Bottling: 2010 |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
Highland-Park |
Saint Magnus, 12 years |
Age |
12 years |
Alcohol percentage |
55 % |
Bottler |
Official |
Particularity |
Non chillfiltered cask strength |
links & average quote |
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The Scottish coast is surrounded by isles where whisky is produced, specially on the West coast (Mull, Skye,
Arran and Jura) and on the North (Orkney)
The most important island from a whisky point of view is Islay, but this one is considered as a production area
on its own.
Click on the map for a list of the distilleries of the area, on the title for further information about the Isles area, and if you want to make an "alphabetical journey" through the area, please click on one of the pagode roofs, according to the direction you want to follow
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