Highland Park has recently released its first cask strength expression, Cask Strength: Heather.
This limited-edition whisky represents the brand’s most pronounced expression yet of Orkney’s aromatic heathered peat. The Orkney distillery’s peat is sourced from Hobbister Moor, just a few miles down the road from it in Kirkwall. At this remote northern latitude, the landscape comes alive with a purple carpet of heather. It has infused itself into the moor resulting in peat with a floral character.
Bottled at cask strength (127.2 proof), Cask Strength: Heather is crafted using 100% Orkney peat-smoked barley and matured in first-fill European and American sherry-seasoned oak casks and select refill casks.
The packaging design of the whisky puts a heather spin on Highland Park’s new visual identity, inspired by the brand’s Orkney provenance. On the box a deep purple gradient nods to the shifting colors of the heather on Hobbister Moor in summer.
The whisky is the first of Highland Park’s refreshed Cask Strength releases, through which the brand will continue to explore expressions of its Orkney character and provenance through craftsmanship.
Highland Park Cask Strength: Heather is available exclusively at ReserveBar until January for $80.
