Categorie: H
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Secretive stuff (Highland Park) from Orkney When I look up from the desk from which I write the blogs for Whisky Odyssey, my eyes fall immediately on two standard Highland Park expressions. The 10 years old Viking Scars and the 12 years old Viking Honour. Decent stuff, very competitively priced for sure, but also a…
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The Hearach batch 10 – muscled newcomer! It must be an universal truth that whisky drinkers speak better Gaelic than most of the population in Scotland and other regions where the language is still alive. While looking into the (to me quite unknown) operation of the Isle of Harris Distillery, I stumbled upon this charming little…
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Hazelburn 15 years old and a little surprise too Hazelburn is the third and latest added variation that is produced at the Springbank Distillery. It seems to me that saving Campbeltown as one of the traditional whisky regions has become a less pressing matter than it once was. Glen Scotia is a healthy operation, and…
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Holyrood: the dawn of a singular voice in Scotch Holyrood is an exciting new name in the Scotch whisky industry. Mostly because they are already known for taking quite the different approach to making the stuff. Holyrood uses a variety of different yeast types and different mash bills. We also read more traditional names, like…
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Highland Park 2013 with strong vanilla signature Stop the presses! We got breaking news here! A Highland Park single malt whisky bottled under its own name. Yes, that is cause for celebration. In recent years we have been spoiled with very good to excellent “Secret Orkney” bottlings that left no mystery around its origins. But…