7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Vanilla, heather honey, cloves, Light dried fruits
Taste
Creme brulee, orange, peat smoke, walnut, oak, heather and some pepper
Finish
Long. White pepper, peat smoke
Liquor
Highland Park 25 (Early 2000’s)
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Nose
little musty, meaty, hints of caramel, herbal notes (eucalyptus, heather) and coastal touches., hints of red berries, little vanilla
Taste
Herbal wood, heathery peat, big chocolate notes, spices, roasted notes, Tobacco leaves, leather. Tart oranges, lemon
Finish
long, on toffee, walnuts and orange peel.
Nose
Sweet, very fruity, honey, strong wood spice,
Taste
Caramel, burnt toffee, wood spice, slightly bitter,
Finish
Long, nice mix of fruit and wood spice
Liquor
Highland Park 26 1988 Cadenhead Small Batch Cask Strength
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Nose
Plum, oak, strawberry, smoke, licorice, pepper, creme brulee, brown sugar, orange, butter, dough
Taste
Grape, strawberry, butter, cocoa, oak, root beer, cream, molasses, raisin
Finish
Dry, mushroom, pepper, pear, dusty, cranberry, orange, BBQ sauce, ginger, birch sap
Liquor
Highland Park 27yo For Oklahoma Single Malt Scotch Lovers
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Nose
Spicy/Fruity with rye and fruit cocktail
Taste
Pineapple, just huge pineapple, maybe a little coconut, like a Pina Colada.
Finish
Fresh cut tropical fruit with coconut oil making an appearance mid palate to finish
Liquor
Highland Park 30 (Old Red Box)
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Nose
Sweet and fruity nose. Very inviting
Taste
Honey, toffee, caramel, spice and a mix of fruits (apples, grapes and prunes).
Finish
Good lingering finish.
Nose
Sweet and floral, sour fruit, peaches, lime zest, sweet buttery pastry, marzipan
Taste
Marzipan, sherry fruit, sour spices, wood, cinnamon grahams, big woody spice.
Finish
long, spicy, with nutmeg, ginger, soft brown sugar
Nose
Rich and full. Notes of pine, eucalyptus oil, hints of manuka honey, grassy heather
Taste
Full, little oily, notes of leafy greenness, marzipan, hints of sherry, marmalade and little spice
Finish
long, perfumed notes and zesty bitter oak.
Liquor
Highland Park 8 MacPhail’s Collection (Old Label)
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Nose
Initially sweet and fruity with hints of peach and mango. Traces of toasted malt and vanilla develop.
Taste
Rich mulled fruit flavours, with a touch of smokiness and black pepper.
Finish
Short to Medium.
Liquor
Highland Park 9 2003 Cask Strength Gordon & MacPhail
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Nose
Lemon tart, alcohol, sweet “fruit” donut filling, blackberry, ginger, floral, strawberry, wax
Taste
Lemon, anise, smoke, basil, lemongrass, caramel, burn, earth
Finish
Mushroom, fennel, pork dumplings, caramel apple, ginger, piri piri, cocoa, dry
Liquor
Highland Park Bicentenary
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Nose
Sherry. Toast. Polished oak.
Taste
Rich. Very creamy. Freshly peeled Satsumas. Very bitter black chocolate. Astonishing length.
Finish
Violets. Lingering, scented, fragrant, smokiness.
Nose
smoke is discreet backed up with some tasteful saline and red cherry notes.
Taste
Damsons, cinnamon, dried fruit and chocolate dance on the tongue
Finish
intense fruity finish.