Highland Park 13 Years (2024) The Tasteful 8 - Brühler Whiskyhaus
When an independent bottler grabs a Highland Park, it can either be grandiose or risky. But The Tasteful 8 from Brühler Whiskyhaus shows that they know exactly what they are doing.
The panel
Mean 83.5 · spread 3
Value for money 3/5
- Distillery
- Highland Park
- Bottler
- Brühler Whiskyhaus
- Type
- Single Malt
- Region
- Orkney
- Country
- Scotland
- Age
- 13 years
- Strength
- 57.7% ABV
- Character
- spicy
Tasting
Nose
Fresh notes of menthol and eucalyptus meet a fine vanilla sweetness and a clear lemon zest. The whole is accompanied by a beautifully integrated cool smoke - more phenolic than powerful, like a cold campfire in the morning. Inviting and exciting at the same time.
Palate
The whisky immediately shows its strengths on the tongue: Warming, voluminous, fruity and sweet. The vanilla from the nose is back, but now with a pleasant depth. There is also a spicy, slightly salty note reminiscent of BBQ - as if grilled fruit and smoky meat had been combined. Powerful, but balanced.
Finish
The finish is quite lengthy and remains multi-layered. The notes of grilled vegetables and a fine herbal flavour are interesting here. Finally, a fine white sugar sweetness flashes up, which rounds off the whole thing nicely.
Verdicts
Marcel
This Highland Park 2024 shows just how much joy a well-crafted, smoky whisky can bring – with its lively spiciness and sweet fruitiness, it’s a genuine pleasure that leaves you wanting more. For lovers of characterful drams, this is a bullseye with a lovely dose of personality.
Sascha
A technically well-composed Highland Park with a finely balanced interplay of phenolic smoke, fruity sweetness, and spicy saline notes, impressing through its complex structure and long-lasting finish. Despite the 57.7% ABV, it feels balanced and reveals precise maturation aromas that clearly position the independent bottler’s style on the palate.
What it is worth
We do not yet hold bottle-level auction results — that sits behind Whisky Hunter’s authenticated feed. What follows is the market for Highland Park as a whole, which sets the weather for this bottling without pricing it.
Latest mean bid £192 across 598 lots · 2024-08