Whiskies from Highland Park

Highland Park

Highland Park was founded in 1826 in Kirkwall, the capital of the Orkney Islands. It is the archipelago's most northern distillery. Its history of more than two centuries is rooted in the Scandinavian era of the Vikings. Highland Park has a wide range of several very popular whiskeys such as the Highland Park 12 years old Viking Honor, and exclusive vintage editions such as the Highland Park 1902 Berry Bros & Rudd. Highland Park is one of the most successful internationally operating distilleries in the world.

The myths that circulate about the history of the Highland Park distillery have their origins in the late 18th century, and are probably some of the most enigmatic historic tales from the world of Scotch whiskey. Legend has it that Highland Park was founded in 1798 by the legendary smuggling “whiskey priest” Magnus Eunson, a man who is said to have established an illegal distillery on the current site of Highland Park. Magnus Eunson was a cheeky man: he was the priest of Kirkwall Cathedral, a religious leader and an illegal whiskey distiller, who hid his produced whiskey under the lecterns in the cathedral.

One day, when customs arrived in Orkney, Magnus Eunson knew his illegal practices would be discovered. He decided to move his filled whiskey casks from the cathedral to the rectory where he lived. He put a sheet over the casks, placed a coffin on top and instructed the parishioners to form a circle around the coffin. Meanwhile, customs officers searched the town of Kirkwall, and also visited the cathedral. While searching the rectory, the customs officers noticed the coffin, which was surrounded by the parishioners singing a dirge while holding Bibles in their hands. Magnus Eunson then made customs officials believe that a funeral ceremony was being held in honour of a smallpox death. Fearing for their lives, the men fled the cathedral, leaving Magnus Eunson's illegal practices undetected.

However, other sources claim that Eunson's practices were indeed discovered through an intervention by the customs officer named John Robertson, who would go on to become the co-founder of the distillery. Robertson worked as an excise officer in the 19th century, and some believe that John Robertson took over Eunson's illegal distillery, by which means Euston managed to clandestinely escape persecution.

Exactly what happened in these years around the founding of Highland Park will probably remain a mystery forever. What we do know for sure is that Robert Borwick and John Robertson founded the Highland Park Distillery as a legal concern in 1826. In fact, a lot of illegal whiskey was distilled before the Excise Act of 1823, and numerous illegal and still unknown moonshiners have contributed to the rise of the (unregistered) whiskey industry. It is advisable to approach any undocumented historical narrative with a certain amount of skepticism, especially since distilleries' historical stories have always been surrounded by myths and heroic tales.

Nevertheless, the name Magnus Eunson remains inseparable from the historical roots of the Highland Park distillery, the oldest and most enigmatic historical story in the whiskey world.

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 17 Years Old Secret Treasures Cask:20 44% 1985

17 Years Old Secret Treasures Cask:20 44%

1985
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 17 Years Old Signatory Vintage The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Cask 15100 46% 1991

17 Years Old Signatory Vintage The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Cask 15100 46%

1991
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Highland Park - 18 Years Dumpy Bottle 43% NV

18 Years Dumpy Bottle 43%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Dumpy Bottle 43% NV

18 Years Dumpy Bottle 43%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Old Cooper's Choice Cask 9549 46% 1995

18 Years Old Cooper's Choice Cask 9549 46%

1995
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Serge Valentin 88
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Dumpy Bottle 43% NV

18 Years Old Dumpy Bottle 43%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Old First Editions cask HL12099 56.7% 1997

18 Years Old First Editions cask HL12099 56.7%

1997
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Hunter Laing Old & Rare Cask HL10854 51.7% 1996

18 Years Old Hunter Laing Old & Rare Cask HL10854 51.7%

1996
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Infrequent Flyers Cask 5747 53.4% 2003

18 Years Old Infrequent Flyers Cask 5747 53.4%

2003
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Old Ten Years TWA 51.7% 1999

18 Years Old Ten Years TWA 51.7%

1999
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old The Maltman Secret Orkney Cask 63364 51.4% 2002

18 Years Old The Maltman Secret Orkney Cask 63364 51.4%

2002
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old The Whisky Trail Birds Series Cask 44 57.1% 2000

18 Years Old The Whisky Trail Birds Series Cask 44 57.1%

2000
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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Viking Pride 2022 43% NV

18 Years Old Viking Pride 2022 43%

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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43% NV

18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43%

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Highland Park - 18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43% NV

18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43%

(In original Container)
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43% NV

18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43% NV

18 Years Old Whisky Maker Label 43%

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Highland Park - 19 Years Old Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask Black Gold Cask: 2475 1995

19 Years Old Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask Black Gold Cask: 2475

1995
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Serge Valentin 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3% 1986

19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3%

1986
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Highland Park - 19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3% 1986

19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3%

1986
(0.375 l.)
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Serge Valentin 91
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Highland Park - 19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3% 1986

19 Years Old For Maxxium Netherlands Cask 2793 55.3%

1986
(0.35 l.)
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Highland Park - 19 Years Old Secret Orkney the Daily Dram Classics With A Twist 52.9% 1999

19 Years Old Secret Orkney the Daily Dram Classics With A Twist 52.9%

1999
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Highland Park - 19 Years Old SMWS 4.214 After Hours 54.5.% 1995

19 Years Old SMWS 4.214 After Hours 54.5.%

1995
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Serge Valentin 86
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Highland Park - 1902 Reserve 50 Years Old Berrys All Malt by Berry Bros & Rudd 39.8% 1902

1902 Reserve 50 Years Old Berrys All Malt by Berry Bros & Rudd 39.8%

1902
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Highland Park - 1959 21 Years Old 43% 1959

1959 21 Years Old 43%

1959
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Serge Valentin 94
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Highland Park - 1960 18 Years Old 43% 1960

1960 18 Years Old 43%

1960
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Serge Valentin 90
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Highland Park - 1978 Vintage Collection Global Travel Retail 47.8% 1978

1978 Vintage Collection Global Travel Retail 47.8%

1978
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 1989 Vintage Collection Dumpy Cask 12058 58.7% 1989

1989 Vintage Collection Dumpy Cask 12058 58.7%

1989
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Words of Whisky 86
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Highland Park - 1990 Vintage for Travel Retail 40% 1990

1990 Vintage for Travel Retail 40%

1990
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Highland Park - 1990 Vintage for Travel Retail 40% 1990

1990 Vintage for Travel Retail 40%

1990
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Highland Park - 1992 Vintage Collection Dumpy Cask 20592 62.9% 1992

1992 Vintage Collection Dumpy Cask 20592 62.9%

1992
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Highland Park - 1994 Vintage for Travel Retail 40% 1994

1994 Vintage for Travel Retail 40%

1994
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 1998 for Global Travel Retail 40% 1998

1998 for Global Travel Retail 40%

1998
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Words of Whisky 91
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Highland Park - 20 Years Old M.Wigman They Inspired Edition No.5 Qingling Cask 93 51.9% 1999

20 Years Old M.Wigman They Inspired Edition No.5 Qingling Cask 93 51.9%

1999
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Highland Park - 2001 Vintage for Travel Retail 40% 2001

2001 Vintage for Travel Retail 40%

2001
(1 l.)
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Words of Whisky 91
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Highland Park - 21 Years Old 47.5% NV

21 Years Old 47.5%

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Highland Park - 21 Years Old August 2019 Release 46% NV

21 Years Old August 2019 Release 46%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 21 Years Old Douglas Laing Directors' Cut Cask:DL9242 54.8% 1991

21 Years Old Douglas Laing Directors' Cut Cask:DL9242 54.8%

1991
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Highland Park - 21 years Old Signatory Vintage Millenium Edition Cask:96/7008 43% 1977

21 years Old Signatory Vintage Millenium Edition Cask:96/7008 43%

1977
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Highland Park - 21 Years Old The Ultimate Cask 11895 46% 1989

21 Years Old The Ultimate Cask 11895 46%

1989
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Highland Park - 21 Years Old Undisclosed Orkney Infrequent Flyers Cask 5743 52% 1999

21 Years Old Undisclosed Orkney Infrequent Flyers Cask 5743 52%

1999
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Highland Park - 23 Years Old Lonach Collection 50.9% 1984

23 Years Old Lonach Collection 50.9%

1984
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Highland Park - 23 Years Old Silver Seal Wildlife Collection 8090 51.5% 1981

23 Years Old Silver Seal Wildlife Collection 8090 51.5%

1981
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Highland Park - 24 Years Old Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Cask 1499 55.2% 1995

24 Years Old Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Cask 1499 55.2%

1995
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Highland Park - 24 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask:1544 + 45 1 Of 666 Bottles 43% 1987

24 Years Old Signatory Vintage Cask:1544 + 45 1 Of 666 Bottles 43%

1987
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Highland Park - 24 Years Old Single Cask Series 57.5% 1990

24 Years Old Single Cask Series 57.5%

1990
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Highland Park - 24 Years Old Undisclosed Distillery (Orkney) Infrequent Flyers Cask 5744 51.3% 1999

24 Years Old Undisclosed Distillery (Orkney) Infrequent Flyers Cask 5744 51.3%

1999
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Highland Park - 25 Years Dumpy 50.7% NV

25 Years Dumpy 50.7%

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Highland Park - 25 Years Dumpy 50.7% NV

25 Years Dumpy 50.7%

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Highland Park - 25 Years Dumpy 53.5% NV

25 Years Dumpy 53.5%

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