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Highland Park Full Volume

"Half Mast, Half Stack"

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@cricklewoodReview by @cricklewood

26th May 2018

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Highland Park Full Volume
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This was dram #4 during an in-store tasting following the rather disappointing JW Ghost & Rare.

When I heard that Highland Park were launching a whisky called full volume, I thought they would be releasing some of their heavily peated stock at Cask Strength. Or perhaps an edition composed of all floor malted barley a little like Laphroaigs' 2015 Cairdeas? Alas no, this is all first-fill bourbon cask from a single distillation year (1999) at 47.2%...so basically this is the kind of thing that is normally sold to independents or brokers.

Nose: Light smoke, latex paint, pencil eraser, honey a little mango, pineapple, dried papaya but the fruits are faint. It takes a while to open up, light citrus, oranges and lemon. You can feel the malt in the back an almost green raw grain feeling.

Palate: Caramel, earthy peat, round, sharp and full, barrel char, vanilla. A little coconut oil, the oak is present too, real forward and in action. Malty grain notes, like porridge with vanilla and lemon peel.

Finish : Quite lengthy, earthy smoke, camphor, honey candy, caramel, citrus zest and that latex feeling still.

This was pretty good, I don't think it's keeping much with the HP house style, (not that I'm an expert on it) which usually includes a varying proportion of Sherry casks. True HP fans will be disappointed in that aspect.

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4 comments

@Robert99
Robert99 commented

@cricklewood Is this from a freshly opened bottle? If this one is still closed, it could evolved into a great one.

6 years ago 0

@cricklewood
cricklewood commented

@Robert99 this was an in-store tasting from a freshly opened bottle, indeed this is my quick impressions, so no in depth scores from multiple tastings.

I liked this whisky overall it had enough interesting things happening under the surface, I have a feeling that if this wasn't a Highland Park product that it might not get as much attention though.

6 years ago 2Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote commented

My bottle has been opened for about 2 months now. To my palate it has not changed much since the initial opening. I think your score of 85 is exactly where I would have put it then and now. Nice review, thanks.

6 years ago 2Who liked this?

@cricklewood
cricklewood commented

@BlueNote, Thanks, it was a fun contrast to go home and have HP dark Origins afterwards which is rather full on sherry, that bottle doesn't seem to take too kindly to air.

6 years ago 0