Highland Park 12 Years Old Viking Honour Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Region : Scotland

Alcohol : 40%

Capacity: 700ml

Website : https://www.highlandparkwhisky.com/en

Matured predominantly in European and American sherry seasoned oak casks, our iconic 12 Year Old single malt whisky is spicy and well-rounded, packed with the flavours of sun-kissed Seville oranges and rich fruitcake spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; you’ll find molten heather honey in this whisky’s waves of heathery peat smoke. Why not try it with a handful of wasabi peas on the side or alongside a sizzling, pan-fried rib-eye steak or with smoked salmon and sour cream.

THE HISTORY

Our distillery is perched atop high ground on the southern edge of Kirkwall, and stands watch over the town. As well as a collection of ancient stone buildings, we have 23 warehouses, and 2 pagoda-topped kilns. Incidentally, although our warehouses are numbered from 1 to 25, there are actually only 23 of them – one of history’s little mysteries. For over 220 years, our distillery has sat stoically through long winters, raging storms and 100mph winds. It all makes for more harmonious whisky.

THE KILNS

Our two kilns are used to dry out the hand-turned malted barley over slow-burning hand-cut local peat from Hobbister Moor. When you make whisky, your sense of scale and time warp – in our world, our youngest kiln is still ‘new’ at just over 100 years old, and we have no intention of replacing either of them any time soon. If you want to make award-winning whisky, you have to appreciate that sometimes tradition defies convention.

THE STILLS

Our stillhouse has four stills, two wash stills and two spirit stills, and a robust copper and brass spirit safe. The stills were made by Forsyth’s, a renowned still-maker in Speyside. Interestingly, unlike most stills, ours have windows so that we can see the boiling liquid inside. This just demonstrates the lengths that we will go to to create perfection: we even keep an eye on the spirit as it boils.