Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.3 comes in

Orkney-based single malt distillery Highland Park has added a new whisky to its award-winning Cask Strength series. The range strikes a harmonious balance between the traditional whisky-making craft, while encouraging flavour exploration to suit individual palates.

Launching as a permanent addition to the Highland Park range and created using the traditional ‘straight from the cask’ method, in the making of Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.3 no water is added after maturation, which delivers a robust and intense flavour with a greater depth of finish.

Cask Strength Release No.3 uses whisky made with a higher proportion of Orkney peated malt, resulting in a smokier style compared to the other single malts in the series. The whisky is the product of being matured predominantly in first-fill sherry seasoned American and European oak casks and a small quantity of refill casks. The result is an extraordinary combination of contrasting yet perfectly balanced flavours of charred oak, tropical fruits, aniseed, heather honey, vanilla cream, aromatic violet, sponge cake and peat smoke.

The whisky has a natural deep golden colour and its taste exudes lightly charred oak, honey-glazed lemons, crushed aniseed, ripe mango, cloudy heather honey, whipped vanilla cream, aromatic violet, pink grapefruit zest, rich sponge cake, and smouldering peat smoke. 

Bottled at 64.1 percent ABV, Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.3 is available globally from September across specialist whisky retailers, including The Whisky Exchange, Master of Malt, and The Whisky Shop, and from the Highland Park online shop and distillery, and Albert Street store in Orkney. Its UK RRP is £65 and the liquid is available in 70cl and 75cl, depending on region.