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Single Malt Scotch Review: Highland Park

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We are big fans of whiskey here at Mandatory. It's manly. It tastes good. And it makes us forget about all the work we have to do running a website. So, as an excuse to drink more whiskey, we reviewed different expressions of Highland Park single malt scotch. This is one of our favorites, so you can't really go wrong with any of these.

highland park 12, highland park single malt, single malt scotchHighland Park 12 Year Old
Some scotches are overly smoky. Some scotches are overly peaty. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) But Highland Park manages to balance the smoke and peat with just a touch of sweetness to make an extremely easy to drink 12 year old single malt. This is one of the best whiskies for the buck.

Suggested Retail Price: $45








highland parkHighland Park 15 Year Old
15 year old scotches are usually in a kind of no-man's land for some brands. It's a little better than the younger 10 and 12 year olds, but they're not as refined as their older siblings. Highland Park's 15 year expression plants a flag of honey at the start and ends it with a nice floral finish. Very smooth.

Suggested Retail Price: $75








highland park, single malt scotch, highland park 18Highland Park 18 Year Old
Full disclosure, this is one of my favorite single malts of all time. Everything Highland Park does right is in this bottle. It's a pinnacle of whiskey making with a perfect balance of rich complexity and depth of flavor, topped off with the perfect amount of smoothness. If you've never had this, it's well worth the splurge.

Suggested Retail Price: $105








highland park, highland park single maltHighland Park Loki
The Loki is one of four new expressions in their Valhalla Collection that are named after the Norse gods ("Thor" was the first release.) Loki was a shape-shifting god of fire who was never who he seemed to be. This 15 year old single malt was aged in sherry and heavily peated casks to give it a little extra peaty oomph. In keeping with it's name, at first this tastes like a classic Highland Park single malt, but gives you a surprising kick at the end. And it comes in a wooden replica of a Viking ship which will look good on any mantle.

Suggested Retail Price: $249

 

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