Highland Park 21 year old 47.5%

[James T]

I noticed over at The Whisky Exchange that the Highland Park 21 year old 47.5% abv version appears to be back after a few years of being bottled at 40% which wasnt near as good.

Just wondered if anyone has tried the recent 47.5% version of the HP21, is it back to its old self

Cheers, James

[chrisg]

I have had a bottle recently James and IMO it is as good as it used to be. I see in Jim Murrays Whisky Bible he says that some sulphered sherry has sneaked into to it, whether i had a different batch or not i didnt detect any sulphur, perhaps i am not as sensitive to sulphur, either way the bottle i had was excellent.

[D Hillman]

I have had the Highland Park 21 recently and it was excellent as ever, i didnt pick up any off sulphur notes as chris says it could have been a different batch from the one Jim Murray reviewed. If you fancy splashing out a bit more the Highland Park 25 year old is really outstanding.

[James T]

Cheers Chris and Dave, i think i will get myself a bottle

Dave I have tried the Highland Park 25, i thought it was outstanding also.

[Big Mac]

I didnt realize they had went back to bottling the Highland Park 21 at 47.5%, good to know as the 40% version was very disappointing. I guess it isnt a travel retail exclusive now.

[William]

Mac the Highland Park 21 has now joined Highland Park's permanent portfolio of 12, 18, 25, 30 and 40 but only here in the UK and even then supply of the HP 21 is limited.

I added a bit to the Whisky News section

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/highlandpark21yearold.htm
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[Mark]

The fact that the HP 21 47.5% is now available again is good news because now i can drink the 3 bottles i had tucked away for the future

[Frankie]

I wonder if some here had some HP 21 tucked away as an investment

[chrisg]

good to see this one back. I did have some tucked away but it has long since evapourated