Orkney Single Malt Hogshead 'Full Cask' No 46
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled single malt Scotch whisky, this does not age or improve in the bottle. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in peak condition indefinitely if stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Smoked Scottish salmon, mature blue cheeses such as Stilton, and rich game dishes or traditional haggis.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the wind-swept Orkney Islands, Highland Park is steeped in Viking history and folklore, founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson, a direct descendant of Norse settlers. The 'Full Cask' No 46 represents a single hogshead bottling of this legendary single malt. The unique terroir of Orkney, characterized by treeless, gale-beaten landscapes, yields a heather-rich peat used to dry the malted barley. This imparts a distinctive aromatic, floral smokiness rather than the medicinal peat of the Islay region. Matured in a traditional hogshead cask, this expression balances the distillery's signature heather-honey sweetness, soft peat smoke, and rich dried-fruit notes, offering a pure and unadulterated glimpse into Orkney's rugged coastal character.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1798 in Kirkwall on the remote archipelago of Orkney, Highland Park stands as one of Scotland's most historic and northernmost single malt distilleries. Owned by the Edrington Group, the distillery fiercely guards traditional whisky-making practices, still conducting its own hand-turned floor maltings and cutting dense, heather-rich peat from nearby Hobbister Moor. Maturation takes place predominantly in premium sherry-seasoned oak casks within Orkney's cool, windswept maritime climate. This unique convergence of terroir and technique yields Highland Park's internationally revered signature style, distinguished by gentle aromatic peat smoke, luscious heather-honey sweetness, and rich, complex spice.