The entry level bottling from Scotland's most northerly distillery, Highland Park, aged for 12 years. This is an older design, before the Highland Park range underwent a rebrand in 2017, and another in 2024. A fab find for a retro collection.
These bottles were part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!
very very very goooooood
the way its described is perfect but not for me but still very nice in its own way. my taste is the balvenie doublewood
This was way better than I expected. Gentle smoke and peat with some great pepper. There is underlying sweetness that comes later in the mouthful as you savor it. This is a smooth dram that I will keep in my cabinet as a regular.
I'm a repeat buyer of HP 12. This whisky has definitely earned it's place among the standard rotating stock of my liquor cabinet. It is exceptionally balanced, embracing all the sweetness and fruitiness of a Speyside or Lowland malt with just the right amount of gentle peaty smokiness and island complexity needed to distinguish it from its competitors, and for the price this is quite a good deal indeed. In this case the smokiness and general character of this malt is definitely of a warming campfire/fireside variety rather than the love-it-or-leave-it iodine/medicinal peat of Islay. If you are seeking an excellent balanced scotch whisky at a modest price point, this one is very hard to beat.
Rating within class and price range.
