In my latest whisky news overview I talked about the new travel retail whiskies from Highland Park distillery.
Here is my first review of two expressions, the Highland Park Spirit of the Bear (a no age statement releases, primarily aged in sherry-seasoned American oak casks) and Highland Park Wings of the Eagle , a 16 years old whisky matured in both sherry-seasoned European oak casks and American oak casks.
I’ve heard some critical remarks about the distillery’s urge to come up with marketing stories and farfetched names, even when the Norse legends seem exhausted, but let’s discuss that some other...
