Highland Park Dark Origins

Strong sherry for me. Some tobacco on the back. Lots going on up front. I'm new to highland park. Probably should have explored more of their entry level bottles. Bottle looked cool. I'm a sucker for paint and font.

Very impressed. Nose: sherry, honey, heather, Ash, smoke, brine, hint of sulphur,inviting sticky sweetness, damp sherry soaked infused wood chips Palate: full on super sweet sherry attack wow wow wow, smoke lingering, spiciness, ashy, super sweet, milk chocolate Finish: spicy, sherry sherry sweet sweetest, sherry sweetness remains Hmm where to begin. First I gotta say that this is VERY different from the 12 and 18. This is really good, honestly my favorite highland park. This is like the 12's assertiveness with the 18's richness turned up 46.8% but richer and more flavourful. This is a sherry bomb with the heather, briney, highland park smoke. The sherry is really nice, it's close to overwhelming all the other flavours but I don't mind because I like big powerful whiskies. I'd give it 5/5 but for a NAS at only 46.8% at $100 it puts it in territory of other really good scorches.

Complex flavor combinations. Sweetness with a dose of peat and smoke reminiscent of many Islay whiskies, like a Highland-Islay bridge.

This is a good benchmark for the beginning of the spectrum of flavors for mild peat, mildly sweet, full bodied with many flavors including a little tobaccon vanilla, caramel and slight orange all supporting a nice sherry tone.

Tasted at Hunger n' Thirst, Lancaster, PA. A little hot at first. Earthy sweet peat smoke. Rich raisin-heavy sherry and sea salt, all combining to create a smoky salted-caramel flavor. (Gives the impression of a vegetarian Lagavulin, if that can't be taken as a slight...) Added water increases the sweetness and forms an estimable scotch mist! Risky on the palate; Hot oak, mild pear and nutty. Quick finish, Sweet smoke returns. It's definitely enjoyable, but not exceptional, and woefully overpriced for a NAS.