Highland Park 1982 The Modern Masters

Highland Park remains the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, although not by much, as it is little more than a stone's throw from fellow Orcadian, Scapa. Accounts of the distillery's genesis vary, and the truth is probably lost to the mists of time, but it is thought that a local farmer named David Robertson founded what we now know as Highland Park distillery in 1798, on the site of an illicit still operated by nefarious smuggler (and former priest) Magnus Eunson.

Since its introduction as a single malt in the late 1970s, the distillery has been awarded many plaudits, not least of which came from the late, great whisky writer Michael Jackson, who called it “the greatest all rounder in the world of whisky”. It's characteristic style coming from the use of Sherry casks, along with an often cited heathery sweetness imparted to the spirit by way of the distinct Orcadian peat used during the malting process.

Bottled for the Japanese market by The Dalriada Whisky Company for the Modern Masters of Scotland series. The label for this bottling is a detail from a picture titled "Kinlochbervie" by Scottish artist John Bellamy - who was influenced by the Old Masters - from 1966.

Distilled: 1982

57.1% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: One of only 284 bottles released

Please note some denting to tin lid and minor rusting to inner tube and tin lid.

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