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


Words of Whisky 94
Highland Park
Highland Park - Earl Magnus 15 Years Old 52.6% 1998

Earl Magnus 15 Years Old 52.6%

1998
(No Original Box Included, Lower Filling. )
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Words of Whisky 94
Highland Park
Highland Park - Earl Magnus 52.6% 1998

Earl Magnus 52.6%

1998
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BOW 81
Highland Park
Highland Park - Einar 40% NV

Einar 40%

(1 l.)
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Gal Granov 89
Highland Park
Highland Park - Freya 15 Years Old Valhalla Collection 51,2% NV

Freya 15 Years Old Valhalla Collection 51,2%

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Gal Granov 89
Highland Park
Highland Park - Freya 15 Years Old Valhalla Collection 51.2% NV

Freya 15 Years Old Valhalla Collection 51.2%

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BOW 86
Highland Park
Highland Park - Full Volume 47.2% 1999

Full Volume 47.2%

1999
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Serge Valentin 96
Highland Park
Highland Park - Highland Park 40 Years Old Bottled: 2008 48,3% NV

Highland Park 40 Years Old Bottled: 2008 48,3%

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Words of Whisky 86
Highland Park
Highland Park - Highland Park Adelphi Selection 26 YO Refill Bourbon Cask: 1011 Distilled 1986 Bottled 2013 47.0% 1 Of 287 Bottles 1986

Highland Park Adelphi Selection 26 YO Refill Bourbon Cask: 1011 Distilled 1986 Bottled 2013 47.0% 1 Of 287 Bottles

1986
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Highland Park
Highland Park - Highland Park Adelphi Selection 26 YO Refill Bourbon Cask: 10112 Distilled 1986 Bottled 2013 44% 1986

Highland Park Adelphi Selection 26 YO Refill Bourbon Cask: 10112 Distilled 1986 Bottled 2013 44%

1986
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Highland Park
Highland Park - Hobbister 51.4% NV

Hobbister 51.4%

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BOW 86
Highland Park
Highland Park - Ingvar Cask Strength Travel Retail Special Edition 60.5% NV

Ingvar Cask Strength Travel Retail Special Edition 60.5%

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Serge Valentin 84
Highland Park
Highland Park - Leif Eriksson 40% NV

Leif Eriksson 40%

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BOW 85
Highland Park
Highland Park - Leif Eriksson 40% NV

Leif Eriksson 40%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - Mystery Orkney 13 Years Old The Ultimate Cask DRU 17A/ 63#68 46% 2005

Mystery Orkney 13 Years Old The Ultimate Cask DRU 17A/ 63#68 46%

2005
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Serge Valentin 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Ragnvald 44.6% NV

Ragnvald 44.6%

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Serge Valentin 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Ragnvald The Warrior Series 44.6% NV

Ragnvald The Warrior Series 44.6%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - Saint Magnus 12 Years Old 55% 1998

Saint Magnus 12 Years Old 55%

1998
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Words of Whisky 94
Highland Park
Highland Park - Saint Magnus 55% 1998

Saint Magnus 55%

1998
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Gal Granov 89
Highland Park
Highland Park - Sigurd The Warrior Series 43% NV

Sigurd The Warrior Series 43%

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Gal Granov 89
Highland Park
Highland Park - Sigurd The Warrior Series 43% NV

Sigurd The Warrior Series 43%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - The Battle of Jutland Cask 3378 64% 2004

The Battle of Jutland Cask 3378 64%

2004
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Whisky Notes 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Dark 17 Years Old 52.9% NV

The Dark 17 Years Old 52.9%

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Whisky Notes 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Dark 17 Years Old 52.9% NV

The Dark 17 Years Old 52.9%

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BOW 87
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Dolphins 2nd Release 40% NV

The Dolphins 2nd Release 40%

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Serge Valentin 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Light 17 Years 52.9% NV

The Light 17 Years 52.9%

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Serge Valentin 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Light 17 Years 52.9% NV

The Light 17 Years 52.9%

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BOW 88.5
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Old Man of Hoy 13 Years Old Cask OMH 2019-4 60.3% 2006

The Old Man of Hoy 13 Years Old Cask OMH 2019-4 60.3%

2006
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BOW 88.5
Highland Park
Highland Park - The Old Man of Hoy 15 Years Old Cask OMH 2021-1 59.8% 2005

The Old Man of Hoy 15 Years Old Cask OMH 2021-1 59.8%

2005
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Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection 52.1%

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Words of Whisky 90
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection NO BOX 52.1% NV

Thor 16 Years old Valhalla Collection NO BOX 52.1%

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BOW 93
Highland Park
Highland Park - Thorfinn 45.1% NV

Thorfinn 45.1%

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BOW 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valfather 2019 47% NV

Valfather 2019 47%

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Highland Park
Highland Park - Valhalla Collection NV

Valhalla Collection

(3 l.)
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Serge Valentin 88
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valhalla Collection Longship

Valhalla Collection Longship

(3 l.)
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BOW 86
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valknut Viking Legend 46.8% NV

Valknut Viking Legend 46.8%

(damaged box)
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BOW 86
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valknut Viking Legend 46.8% NV

Valknut Viking Legend 46.8%

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Gal Granov 85
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valkyrie 45.9% NV

Valkyrie 45.9%

(No Original Box Included)
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Gal Granov 85
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valkyrie 45.9% NV

Valkyrie 45.9%

(Valkyrie Damaged Label )
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Gal Granov 85
Highland Park
Highland Park - Valkyrie 45.9% NV

Valkyrie 45.9%

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BOW 87
Highland Park
Highland Park - Withlaw 7 Years Old Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited 47.5% 1995

Withlaw 7 Years Old Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited 47.5%

1995
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