Sold outApr 2023In short · Highland Park (Islands), 13 years.
“Something was aflame – toast, heather moor burn, pipe tobacco and seaweed tossed on a bonfire were all mentioned – along with heather honey, harbours and polishing…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 4.352 is a single cask of Highland Park, in the Islands region, 13 years old, bottled at 62.4%, released in the Apr 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 4.x is from Highland Park.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Far north on Orkney, above Kirkwall and scoured by Atlantic wind, Highland Park has made whisky since 1798. It is among the last to still malt its own barley on the floor by hand and kiln it over island peat, heather-rich and aromatic, quite unlike the mainland's. The result is a beautifully poised malt where wood-smoke and honey hold hands. Edrington own it; the Norsemen, in spirit, still haunt it.