Orkney Single Malt Hogshead 'Full Cask' No 49
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, this single malt does not mature further in the bottle and is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release. Once opened, it will remain in peak condition for 1 to 2 years if stored properly away from direct sunlight and heat.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich blue cheeses, smoked wild salmon, and high-quality dark chocolate.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the wind-swept Orkney Islands, Highland Park is one of Scotland's most remote and historic distilleries, founded in 1798 by the legendary smuggler Magnus Eunson. This 'Full Cask' No 49 is a single cask expression aged in a traditional hogshead, showcasing the distillery's unique maritime terroir. Orkney's climate is famously treeless and battered by salt-laden gales, meaning the local peat sourced from Hobbister Moor is composed entirely of decomposed heather rather than wood. This imparts a distinctive, sweet, aromatic heathery smoke rather than the medicinal peat of the Islay malts. The slow distillation and cool island maturation yield a complex, balanced single malt with notes of wild honey, gentle peat smoke, coastal brine, and rich toasted oak.
🍾 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.