Highland Park Keystone Series 5 x 70cl
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Lot number: 123-02300
Winning bid: £750
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.
Hillhead
Hillhead was created to symbolise the art of "cask harmonisation", and thus utilises a harmonious balance of three first fill casks.
Cask Type: European / American Oak Sherry & American Oak Bourbon
46% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 1200 bottles released
Yesnaby
Yesnaby is named after the cliffs on Orkney's Atlantic coast line.
Distilled: 2005
Cask Type: 1st Fill American Oak Sherry Casks
58.9% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 1200 bottles released
Quercus
Quercus is named after the species of oak used to make the casks.
48.3% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 1200 bottles released
Shiel
Shiel is named after the traditional wooden malting shovels, used to turn the barley on the malting floor.
48.1% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 1200 bottles released
Hobbister
Named after their peat moor, which - because it is made from decaying heather - gives Highland Park its unique character. Made from spirit that was peated with 100% Orcadian barley mixed with stock that makes up the standard 12 year old.
51.4% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 1200 bottles released
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