Slainte-Mhath
Highland Park Cask Strength Edition (Scandinavian Release)
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
November 3, 2017 (edited August 8, 2018)
Bottled exclusively for the Scandinavian market, Highland Park Cask Strength Edition (57.1% ABV) is raising expectations. Youthful and almost reminiscent of a bourbon, the aroma offers vanilla, honey and wood polish. With water, you get hints of vegetation, moss and sour berries. Tasting rough and fairly immature, bitter herbs dominate the taste before distant peatiness starts to emerge. The finish is swift, mineral and a bit metallic. Did HP really believe that thirsty Norsemen wouldn't notice the lack of depth and complexity? Well, most certainly don't...
RATING: 3.0/5.0 stars ≙ 79 pts → AVERAGE
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I'm afraid you are right! I am getting more and more disappointed of Highland Park's marketing strategy. The newly hyphed 'viking series' is just another attempt to mask the ongoing drop in quality with fancy bottles, viking stories and new NAS products.
Looks like their downward trend continues. Maybe 20 years from now the world will crave rum and then whisky stocks will be back up and we can all get properly aged scotch at a reasonable price.