Highland Park from the Orkney Islands in the Outer Hebrides have just emailed me to tell me about their new Highland Park 15 Year Old Viking Heart Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Unusually, it’s bottled in a ceramic bottle reminiscent of the ceramic or earthenware bottles used may years ago in the earlier days of Highland […]
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Led by single malt Scotch label The Macallan, Edrington posted sales of $1.1 billion for its fiscal year end in March. The total marked a 3% decline from the previous year, on lower sales of Macallan’s top-end marques, partially offset … Continue reading → The post Edrington Posts $1.1 Billion In Sales, Led By Macallan 12YO appeared first on Shanken News Daily .
Heather (or heather honey) is one of the most common tasting notes in Highland Park whisky. The island of Orkney has no trees so the local peat has abundant heather at its base. It's no surprise the distillery named an expression after it.This new packaging is fairly modest and refreshing. No viking elements, just graphical things and a pink / purple colour scheme that doesn't seem to aim for the classical whisky audience. There's no age statement but we've heard Highland Park Heather ages for around 11 years.Let's see how this compares to the Cask Strength release I had a couple of months ago.
I'm sure you remember the prestigious Macbeth project, a Shakespeare play translated into whisky by Livingstone Rare and Elixir Distillers. For more background information, check our article on Macbeth: Act One.There are 42 whiskies in six acts, and some time ago Act Two was released, containing eight new bottles. Six of them will be reviewed today.
