Highland Park Cask Strength Release 2 Single Malt Whisky

  • Country: Scotland
  • Region: Highland
  • Category: Single Malt Whisky
  • Owners: Edrington Group Limited
  • Bottler: Distillery
  • Brand: Highland Park
  • Age Statement: NAS
  • Chill Filtered: No
  • Alcohol % ABV: 63.9
  • Cask Strength: Yes
  • Average Price (2023) £: 60
  • Colour Description: Deep Gold
  • Colour Status: Natural
  • Peated / Smoke: Medium Peat / Smoke
  • Cask Maturation / Finish: 1st Fill Sherry Seasoned European Oak / 1st Fill Sherry Seasoned American Oak / Ex-bourbon
  • Single Cask: No
  • Mash Bill: Malted Barley
  • Barley: 100
  • Whisky Experience Level: Experienced
  • Value Score : 97 out of 100
  • Bottle Stopper: Natural Cork
  • Packaging: Box
  • Bottled / Released Date: 2021
  • Core Bottle or Special Release: Batch Release
  • Batch Number: 2
  • Product URL: https://www.highlandparkwhisky.com/en/cask-strength-release-no2
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Highland Park Cask Strength Batch 2 Single Malt Whisky

The clue is in the name really. Cask Strength Release No. 2 is bottled straight from the cask, without adding water to reduce alcohol content, to deliver an extraordinary depth, complexity and balance of flavours.

Casks have a huge influence on the flavour, character and natural colour of our whisky as it matures, so our Cask Strength series presents our whisky in its purest form, giving you the freedom to enjoy our whisky, your way. Discover the taste and strength that suits your palate by experimenting with the amount of water you add to reach your optimum flavour.

For this second release in the Cask Strength series, Gordon Motion, our Master Whisky Maker, selected mainly sherry seasoned European and American oak casks, along with just a few ex-bourbon casks. You’ll find aromas of summer rose, ripe pear and fresh coconut gathering on a wave of aromatic peat smoke, followed by a wild harmony of sweet and spicy flavours - poached pear and rich almond cake, a drizzle of cloudy honey and a twist of salty liquorice. There’s the suggestion of toasted oak and intriguing notes of orchard fruits, black pepper and sweet aniseed linger, in a satisfyingly long finish. In a word (or three) we call it ‘smoky peppered praline’.

Welcome to a whole new taste adventure…why not find out more by checking out the tasting video below?

We’ve been crafting our award-winning whisky at the Highland Park Distillery in Kirkwall, Orkney, since 1798. Age, experience and respect for tradition may define our whisky, but it’s Orkney that sets it apart. Something magic happens here and the result is the wild harmony of flavours found in our whisky.

NATURAL CASK-DRIVEN COLOUR (NO ADDITIVES)

Deep gold

FLAVOURS

Poached pear and rich almond cake | Cloudy honey | Salty sweet liquorice | Lightly toasted oak | Cracked black pepper | Aromatic peat smoke

Whisky Resource Note

While neither the website nor the bottle states that this whisky has not been chill filtered, we are going to give the cask strength releases the benefit of the doubt since it was stated on Release One that it was not chill filtered.

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