Highland Park 1970 Gordon & Macphail Rare Old

Highland Park SMWS 4.195

Highland Park does some questionable stuff and some pretty awesome stuff at the same time. The older HPs (18, 21, 25, 30) are all pretty awesome in my opinion. All this other business with vikings and the NAS stuff is by and large quite questionable in my opinion. With the exception of Thor, mind you. That's a peach. So I don't really know what to...

Score 88/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

This is a lovely scotch from Highland Park. The classic light peat of the twelve is even more distant in this one. Nose - light caramel and vanilla, honey, mild savoury tone. Taste - big caramel, mild bitternes, nice savoury aspect (peat?). Some mild floral tones on the mid palate. Toffee. Lots of honey after it has sat for a while. This one...

Score 86/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old 5cl

It is a wonderful thing when unexpected acts of kindness manifest in one's life. Recently as I was leaving the liquor store the salesman ran after me. I thought that I had left my credit card at the checkout, but he said, "Take this!" and handed me a complimentary 5 cl bottle of Highland Park 18 yo. I felt like I had won the lottery. I...

Score 90/100

Highland Park 25 Year Old Flat Bottle

This is from a 30 mL sample I purchased from Master of Malt. I don’t usually like to review small samples like this because there is so much you just don’t know. The great thing is that it gives a sense of if you want to buy a bottle. I would much rather judge a sample from a place like Master of Malt then my experience of a pour at a bar. I think...

Score 83/100