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Highland Park 14, 1995 (Whisky Doris)

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Highland Park is, as I have noted before, generally associated with maturation in sherry casks. To find a bourbon cask matured Highland Park you have to go to the independents, and among the independents too it can be hard to find ex-bourbon releases (especially in the US, where we seem to mostly get refill sherry bottlings, usually from Signatory). The bottle I am reviewing tonight is from a German bottler/online store with the wonderful name of Whisky-Doris, owned by one Doris Debbeler–I don’t know if her friends call her Whisky Doris, but I hope they do: I can think of very few better honorifics.

Highland Park 14, 1995 (Whisky Doris, 55.8%, Bourbon Hogshead; from my own bottle)  Continue reading →

Highland Park 19, 1986

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Highland Park, located on the largest of the Orkney islands, is one of the most iconic of all Scottish distilleries, renowned for a range of whiskies with significant sherry cask influence; indeed, I believe, though I hope to be corrected if wrong, that all official distillery bottlings are from ex-sherry casks (there are ex-bourbon cask bottlings available from some independents). Their regular range currently encompasses a 12 year old, a 15 year old (apparently being phased out) and a 18 year old–all at 43%. At the high end they also put out a 25 yo and a 30 yo, and if you are very wealthy, a 40 yo–these are at cask strength.

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