Highland Park Cask Strength Release No. 1

Tasted side by side with HP 12. The HP 12 has a better nose and more floral notes. The cask strength nose is buried under alcohol and needs water to open up. This shows the skills of the master distillers, they pick lower abv’s for a reason. Super hot, this one is a pass for me and I’ll stick with the 12.

The best Highland Park so far. 63.3° but no alcohol on the nose, sweet and slightly Peated, I can smell the fruits, pear apples, vanilla chocolate. On the Palate it's full, complex, and powerful. What a slap

Neat it's very peat forward for a Highland Park. It drinks much easier than you'd imagine for a 63% whisky. Dark stone fruit notes on the taste. A little spicy on the finish. Just a splash of water brings out some vegetal notes on the nose, almost like freshly rubbed lemon leaves, and maybe a little soap. The water completely takes away the spiciness on the finish. It's very good, I like it.