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


BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 2009 Version 48.1% NV

25 Years Old 2009 Version 48.1%

(Low filing)
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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 2009 Version 48.1% NV

25 Years Old 2009 Version 48.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 2012 45.7% NV

25 Years Old 2012 45.7%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 2012 45.7% NV

25 Years Old 2012 45.7%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 2012 45.7% NV

25 Years Old 2012 45.7%

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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old 48.1% NV

25 Years Old 48.1%

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Serge Valentin 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old Cadenhead Small Batch 1 Of 426 Bottles 50.6% 1990

25 Years Old Cadenhead Small Batch 1 Of 426 Bottles 50.6%

1990
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old Douglas Laing XOP Cask:DL10435 43.3% 1989

25 Years Old Douglas Laing XOP Cask:DL10435 43.3%

1989
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BOW 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old Dumpy 50.7% NV

25 Years Old Dumpy 50.7%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old Hart Brothers Cask Strength 47.5% 1990

25 Years Old Hart Brothers Cask Strength 47.5%

1990
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BOW 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 25 Years Old Spring 2019 Release 46% NV

25 Years Old Spring 2019 Release 46%

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BOW 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 26 Years Old Amazing Cask Malts of Scotland cask MoS 12052 54.1% 1986

26 Years Old Amazing Cask Malts of Scotland cask MoS 12052 54.1%

1986
(Into Neck)
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BOW 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 26 Years Old Søren Solkær 40.5% NV

26 Years Old Søren Solkær 40.5%

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BOW 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 26 Years Old Søren Solkær 40.5% NV

26 Years Old Søren Solkær 40.5%

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Serge Valentin 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 27 Years Old Hart Brothers 1968 43% 1968

27 Years Old Hart Brothers 1968 43%

1968
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Serge Valentin 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 27 Years Old Signatory 30th Anniversary Cask 15086 52% 1991

27 Years Old Signatory 30th Anniversary Cask 15086 52%

1991
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 28 Years Old 1967 43% 1967

28 Years Old 1967 43%

1967
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Highland Park
Highland Park - 28 Years Old Silver Seal Giuseppe Verdi Aida Cask:1555 47.7% 1987

28 Years Old Silver Seal Giuseppe Verdi Aida Cask:1555 47.7%

1987
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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 28 Years Old Vintage 1973 Cask 11151 45.4% 1973

28 Years Old Vintage 1973 Cask 11151 45.4%

1973
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Malt Fascination 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 29 Years Old Cadenhead's Warehouse Tasting 51.5% 1988

29 Years Old Cadenhead's Warehouse Tasting 51.5%

1988
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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old 2005 48.1% NV

30 Years Old 2005 48.1%

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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old 45.7% NV

30 Years Old 45.7%

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BOW 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old 45.7% NV

30 Years Old 45.7%

(Into Neck)
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Serge Valentin 92
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old Signatory 30th Anniversary Cask 755 49.7% 1988

30 Years Old Signatory 30th Anniversary Cask 755 49.7%

1988
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Serge Valentin 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old Silver Seal Wildlife Collection Cask 372 51% 1985

30 Years Old Silver Seal Wildlife Collection Cask 372 51%

1985
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BOW 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - 30 Years Old The MacPhail's Collection 43% NV

30 Years Old The MacPhail's Collection 43%

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BOW 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 33 Years Old 1978 Vintage Collection 47.8% 1978

33 Years Old 1978 Vintage Collection 47.8%

1978
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BOW 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 33 Years Old Mackillop's Choice Cask 8395 43% 1973

33 Years Old Mackillop's Choice Cask 8395 43%

1973
(Slightly damaged box)
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BOW 91
Highland Park
Highland Park - 35 Years Old Celtic Heartlands Autographed 40.1% 1967

35 Years Old Celtic Heartlands Autographed 40.1%

1967
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BOW 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - 36 Years Old Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old 43% 1973

36 Years Old Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old 43%

1973
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Serge Valentin 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 37 Years Old 1973 Global Travel Retail 50.6% 1973

37 Years Old 1973 Global Travel Retail 50.6%

1973
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BOW 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 37 Years Old Duncan Taylor Peerless Cask 4637 40.9% 1966

37 Years Old Duncan Taylor Peerless Cask 4637 40.9%

1966
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BOW 90.5
Highland Park
Highland Park - 39 Years Duncan Taylor Cask 3460 41.8% 1968

39 Years Duncan Taylor Cask 3460 41.8%

1968
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Dave Broom 95
Highland Park
Highland Park - 40 Years Old 48.3% NV

40 Years Old 48.3%

(owc slightly damaged with a scratch)
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Dave Broom 95
Highland Park
Highland Park - 40 Years Old 48.3% NV

40 Years Old 48.3%

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BOW 95
Highland Park
Highland Park - 40 Years Old 48.3% NV

40 Years Old 48.3%

(Into Neck)
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BOW 95
Highland Park
Highland Park - 40 Years Old 48.3% NV

40 Years Old 48.3%

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BOW 94
Highland Park
Highland Park - 40 Years Old Spring 2019 Release 43.2% NV

40 Years Old Spring 2019 Release 43.2%

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Serge Valentin 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - 8 Years Old Clear glass, screw cap 40% NV

8 Years Old Clear glass, screw cap 40%

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BOW 91.5
Highland Park
Highland Park - 8 Years Old From the Islands of Orkney 40% NV

8 Years Old From the Islands of Orkney 40%

(0.757 l.)
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BOW 87
Highland Park
Highland Park - An Orkney Distillery The Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks 48% 2008

An Orkney Distillery The Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks 48%

2008
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Serge Valentin 85
Highland Park
Highland Park - Capella 40% NV

Capella 40%

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BOW 88.5
Highland Park
Highland Park - Cask Strength Release No. 1 Robust & Intense 63.3% NV

Cask Strength Release No. 1 Robust & Intense 63.3%

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BOW 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - Cask Strength Release No.2 Robust & Intense 63.9% NV

Cask Strength Release No.2 Robust & Intense 63.9%

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BOW 87
Highland Park
Highland Park - Cask Strength Release No.3 64.1% NV

Cask Strength Release No.3 64.1%

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BOW 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - Centenary Reserve Gordon & MacPhail 40% 1970

Centenary Reserve Gordon & MacPhail 40%

1970
(Lower Neck)
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Serge Valentin 87
Highland Park
Highland Park - Dark Origins 46.8% NAS

Dark Origins 46.8%

NAS
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Words of Whisky 83
Highland Park
Highland Park - Dragon Legend 43.1% NV

Dragon Legend 43.1%

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Serge Valentin 90 Sale
Highland Park
Highland Park - Earl Haakon 18 Years Old 54.9% 1993

Earl Haakon 18 Years Old 54.9%

1993
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Serge Valentin 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Earl Haakon 54.9% 1993

Earl Haakon 54.9%

1993
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