The distillery was founded in 1789 and with its location in Krikwall on the Orkney Islands it is the distillery that is the northernmost in Scotland. Because of this special location and the special peat on Orkney the whisky has a peculiar taste. One aroma that is described very often to be found is the ‘sweetness of heather’. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three legendary Highland Park Whisky Makers – Gordon Motion, Max McFarlane and John Ramsay – hand selected and combined three principal cask types to explore the influence of wood and cask seasoning on the flavour and character of our whisky.<\/p>\n
First-fill sherry seasoned Spanish oak butts, first-fill sherry seasoned American oak casks and first-fill bourbon barrels and hogsheads were combined and a small number of refill casks added to provide a degree of softness to the whisky’s final flavour. The result is a complex and full-bodied expression of Highland Park – a vibrant union of rich fruit, creamy sweetness and aromatic spice, as full of character as its three makers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":105045,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2430,2510,2204,2276,2170],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-17809","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-highland-park-en","product_cat-islands-en","product_cat-scotland-en","product_cat-single-malt-en","product_cat-whisky-en","pa_bottling_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_cask_type-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_country-schottland-en-2","pa_destillation_age-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_destillation_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_region-islands-en","pa_whisky_bottler-destillen-original-abfuellung-en","pa_whisky_bottler_series-keine-angabe-en-2","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n