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Highland Park Orkney Single Malt Whisky
Founded 1798 by Magnus Eunson in Kirkwall — Scotland's most northerly Scotch single malt distillery, on the Norse-heritage islands of Orkney. One of the small group of Scotch distilleries with active floor maltings. Distinctive Hobbister Hill heather peat. Sherry-cask matured. Viking-themed brand identity drawing on Orkney's deep Norse heritage. The 12 Year Old Viking Honour, the 18 Year Old Viking Pride (F. Paul Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World"), the 21 Year Old, the Fire & Ice 15/17 Year Old Ragnarök twin set, the Light & Dark 17 Year Old, and the rare 40 Year Old prestige bottling. Owned by Edrington Group — sister to The Macallan and The Glenrothes. Buy Highland Park online in Singapore with free delivery.
Buy Highland Park Orkney Single Malt Whisky in Singapore
Highland Park is an Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson in Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney — making it Scotland's most northerly Scotch single malt distillery and one of the very oldest licensed Scotch distilleries in continuous production. The Liquid Collection stocks one of the most comprehensive Highland Park ranges available in Singapore — including the flagship 12 Year Old Viking Honour (rich, spicy aromas of crème brûlée, heather honey and crumbled cinnamon, with intensely fruity notes of fresh pineapple), the prestige Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride (F. Paul Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World" — natural cask-driven colour, cherries, dark chocolate, toffee, marzipan, heather honey and aromatic peat smoke at 43% ABV), the Highland Park 21 Year Old (cloudy honey, crème brûlée, toasted cinnamon, apricot compote, crushed almonds, lime zest, smoked lemons, sweet violets, and delicate heathered peat smoke at 46% ABV), the Highland Park Fire 15 & Ice 17 Year Old Ragnarök twin set (Fine & Rare collection), the Highland Park Light & Dark 17 Year Old, and the rare Highland Park 40 Year Old (the product of just five refill casks). Highland Park is one of the small group of working Scotch distilleries with active floor maltings, uses distinctive Hobbister Hill heather peat for its signature soft-smoke house style, and is owned by the Edrington Group — sister to The Macallan and The Glenrothes.
Every bottle ships free across Singapore with no minimum order and standard 3-working-day delivery. Browse the Highland Park selection above, or explore the wider Scotch whisky category, the Edrington Speyside sisters at The Macallan and The Glenrothes, comparable heritage Scotch single malts at Bowmore (1779 — oldest licensed Islay) and Balblair (1790 — pre-1800 Northern Highland), the other floor-malting Scotch distilleries at Laphroaig and Kilchoman, the Island/coastal alternatives at Talisker and Jura, our luxury gifts selection, or the prestige Fine & Rare range.
Highland Park — Key Facts at a Glance
- Brand
- Highland Park
- Distillery
- Highland Park Distillery, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
- Founded
- 1798, by Magnus Eunson (Kirkwall butcher and former illicit distiller)
- Region
- Islands (Orkney) — Scotland's most northerly Scotch single malt distillery
- Location
- Kirkwall, capital of Orkney; ~16 km off the northern coast of mainland Scotland
- Owner
- Edrington Group (Glasgow-based; owned by Robertson Trust charitable foundation)
- Sister Distilleries
- The Macallan, The Glenrothes (both Speyside)
- Distinctive Production
- Active floor maltings (~20% of barley); Hobbister Hill heather peat
- House Style
- Heather-honey, soft peat smoke, sherry-cask depth, balanced "wild harmony"
- Notable Recognition
- Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride — F. Paul Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World"
- Brand Identity
- Viking-themed, drawing on Orkney's Norse heritage (875-1468 AD)
- Current Range at TLC
- 12, 18, 21 Year Old; Fire 15 + Ice 17 set; Light & Dark 17; 40 Year Old
1798 — Magnus Eunson's Orkney distillery
Highland Park was founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson — a Kirkwall butcher, church officer, and notorious illicit whisky distiller who decided to formalise his whisky-making operations under license. The 1798 founding date makes Highland Park one of the very oldest licensed Scotch single malt distilleries in continuous production — predating the 1823 Excise Act (the foundational legislation of the modern licensed Scotch whisky industry) by 25 years. Highland Park sits in the small handful of Scottish distilleries with founding dates predating 1800: Glenturret (1763), Bowmore (1779), Strathisla (1786), Balblair (1790), Oban (1794), and Highland Park (1798) are the principal members of this exclusive pre-19th-century group.
The Magnus Eunson founding story is genuinely the most colourful in pre-Excise-Act Scotch whisky history. Before formalising Highland Park as a licensed operation, Eunson was a notorious smuggler-distiller — operating illegal whisky-making while also serving as a respected Kirkwall butcher and a lay preacher in the local kirk. Eunson is reputed to have hidden barrels of illicit whisky in the local kirk pulpit and beneath the church floors, exploiting his lay preacher's access to the building. He is also reputed to have once concealed casks beneath an empty coffin staged for a fake funeral procession to evade excise officers searching the parish — a story so distinctive that it has become foundational to Highland Park's modern brand storytelling. When Eunson formalised his whisky-making under license in 1798, he established Highland Park as a working legal distillery while preserving the dramatic local Orkney character that the smuggling era had created. The distillery has been operating continuously since 1798 — through the entire 19th century industrial revolution, both World Wars, the post-1980s Scotch industry downturn, and the modern global single malt boom — making it one of the most consistent operations in all of Scotch whisky.
Why Highland Park — Hobbister Hill peat, floor maltings, and the wild harmony
Hobbister Hill heather peat
Highland Park is genuinely distinctive within Scotch single malt for its use of Hobbister Hill peat — a specific peat moss located on Orkney that produces a peat character noticeably different from the more common Islay or mainland Scottish peats. Hobbister Hill peat has high heather content rather than predominantly sphagnum moss content like Islay peat, and the distinctive heather-rich peat composition contributes the heather-honey-meets-soft-smoke character that defines Highland Park's house style — markedly different from the heavier medicinal-iodine-seaweed character of Laphroaig and the southern Kildalton Islay producers. The distillery cuts its own peat from Hobbister Hill (located approximately 7 miles outside Kirkwall) using traditional methods, and uses approximately 20% of the peat-cut barley in the floor maltings on-site. The combination of Hobbister Hill heather peat plus on-site floor malting plus longer kilning times than commercial maltings produces the genuinely unique Highland Park peat character — softer, more floral, more honey-tinged than typical heavy peated whiskies, while still meaningfully smoky. This Orkney peat profile is one of the central reasons Highland Park has the genuinely "wild harmony" balanced house style that defines the brand.
Active floor maltings and the sherry-cask programme
Highland Park is one of only five working Scotch single malt distilleries that still floor-malts its own barley — alongside Bowmore (Islay), Laphroaig (Islay), Kilchoman (Islay), and Springbank (Campbeltown). Highland Park floor-malts approximately 20% of its own barley requirements on-site, kilning the malt over the distinctive Hobbister Hill peat to develop the brand's signature heathered peat character. Floor malting is the original technique used to convert barley into malt for whisky production: barley is spread out on a malting floor, regularly turned by hand using wooden shovels, and allowed to germinate over 5-7 days before being kiln-dried over peat smoke. The technique is labour-intensive — most modern distilleries source their malted barley from large industrial maltsters instead. Highland Park's commitment to maintaining the floor maltings represents genuine traditional craft credentials. The other central production signature is the brand's sherry-cask programme — a meaningful proportion of Highland Park's range is matured in European oak Oloroso sherry casks (with PX accents), giving the whisky the deep sherried character that complements the soft Hobbister Hill peat and the underlying barley sweetness. The combination of sherry casks plus heather peat plus floor maltings gives Highland Park its central "wild harmony" identity.
The Highland Park house style — heather honey, soft smoke, sherry depth
Across the range, Highland Park is defined by a balanced, integrated, distinctively layered Orkney house style — built on the foundation of Hobbister Hill heather peat (soft smoke), sherry-cask maturation (depth and dried fruit character), heather honey sweetness (the underlying barley character), and the Orkney maritime maturation environment. The brand's signature flavour combination — described internationally as "a wild harmony" — is built around the integration of these four elements rather than any single one dominating. The flagship 12 Year Old Viking Honour offers rich, spicy aromas of crème brûlée, heather honey and crumbled cinnamon, with intensely fruity notes including fresh pineapple. The 18 Year Old Viking Pride (43% ABV, F. Paul Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World") delivers cherries, dark chocolate, toffee, marzipan, heather honey and aromatic peat smoke. The 21 Year Old (46% ABV) brings cloudy honey, crème brûlée, toasted cinnamon, apricot compote, crushed almonds, lime zest, smoked lemons, sweet violets, and delicate heathered peat smoke. Compared to other Scotch single malt benchmarks: The Macallan wears its global luxury sherried Speyside positioning; The Glenrothes wears its Soleo Collection sherry-seasoned-cask Speyside character; Bowmore wears its 1779 oldest-Islay heritage; Talisker wears its Isle of Skye Made-by-the-Sea peppery character. Highland Park wears its Orkney 1798 heritage with Hobbister Hill heather peat and sherry-cask "wild harmony" balance.
The Highland Park range
The Edrington Group cluster — Highland Park, Macallan, Glenrothes
Highland Park is one of three Scotch single malt distilleries owned by the Edrington Group — the Glasgow-based Scottish drinks group owned by the Robertson Trust charitable foundation, making Edrington genuinely one of the most distinctive ownership structures in modern Scotch whisky (the only major Scotch group owned by a charitable trust). With Highland Park now stocked at TLC alongside The Macallan and The Glenrothes, the complete Edrington Scotch single malt portfolio is now available — making this one of the most thorough corporate-cluster offerings on the site.
| Distillery | Highland Park | The Macallan | The Glenrothes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1798 | 1824 | 1879 |
| Region | Islands (Orkney) | Speyside | Speyside |
| Location | Kirkwall, Orkney — Scotland's most northerly distillery | Easter Elchies, Speyside | Rothes, Speyside |
| Distinctive Production | Active floor maltings; Hobbister Hill heather peat | Sherry-seasoned American & European oak casks | Soleo Collection sherry-seasoned cask programme |
| House Style | Heather honey, soft peat smoke, sherry depth — "wild harmony" | Global luxury sherried Speyside | Sherry-seasoned cask Speyside |
| Brand Identity | Viking-themed Norse heritage | Six Pillars luxury positioning | Soleo Collection vintage focus |
| Notable Recognition | 18yo "Best Spirit in the World" (F. Paul Pacult) | World's most valuable single malt brand | Sherry-seasoned cask programme leader |
For collectors building a complete Edrington Scotch cluster, the three brands offer three clearly differentiated stylistic and heritage approaches under one ownership group with the same charitable-trust ownership structure. Highland Park anchors the heritage-rich Island dimension; The Macallan anchors the global luxury Speyside dimension; The Glenrothes anchors the Soleo-seasoned-cask Speyside dimension. The wider Edrington Group portfolio — also including The Famous Grouse blended Scotch, Cutty Sark blended Scotch, Brugal Dominican rum, Naked Malt blended malt, and Wyoming Whiskey American whiskey — represents one of the most respected premium drinks portfolios in the world.
Orkney — Scotland's Norse heritage and the most northerly distillery
Highland Park's identity is genuinely indissociable from Orkney — the Norse-heritage island archipelago situated approximately 16 kilometres off the northern coast of mainland Scotland, across the Pentland Firth. Orkney consists of approximately 70 islands (20 of which are inhabited), with a total population of around 22,000 residents, and a culture and history genuinely distinct from mainland Scotland. The islands were under Norse (Viking) rule from approximately 875 AD until they were transferred to Scotland in 1468 as part of the marriage dowry of King James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark — meaning Orkney spent nearly 600 years as part of the Norwegian-then-Danish realm rather than Scotland. The deep Norse heritage continues to influence Orkney culture, language, place names (many ending in "-ay" from Old Norse "ey" meaning "island"), and festival traditions including the dramatic mid-winter Up Helly Aa fire festival celebrated across Shetland and influenced in Orkney.
Highland Park's modern brand identity draws explicitly on this Norse heritage — with expressions named "Viking Honour" (12yo), "Viking Pride" (18yo), and a series of limited and special releases named after Norse mythological figures: Valkyrie (the warrior maidens), Valknut (the Viking warrior symbol), Valfather (Odin), Loki (the trickster god), Freya (the goddess of love), Thor (the god of thunder), and Magnus (the patron saint of Orkney, also the founder's name). The Fire 15 & Ice 17 Year Old set stocked at TLC takes its theme directly from Ragnarök — the Norse mythological battle of fire and ice that signifies the end of the old world and the beginning of the new. For Singapore drinkers, owning Highland Park connects directly to over 1,150 years of Orkney's Norse-then-Scottish heritage and the genuinely unique Northern character of the islands.
F. Paul Pacult and "Best Spirit in the World"
One of the most distinctive recognitions in Highland Park's modern history is the Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride being named "Best Spirit in the World" by American whisky expert F. Paul Pacult in his Spirit Journal — one of the most prestigious individual spirits-critic recognitions globally. Pacult is one of the most respected American whisky writers and has reviewed thousands of spirits across decades, with his Spirit Journal newsletter being widely regarded as one of the most authoritative individual voices in the spirits criticism world. Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World" designation for the Highland Park 18 was based on the whisky's exceptional balance, integration of Hobbister Hill heather peat with sherry-cask depth and underlying barley sweetness, and the genuine "wild harmony" character that defines Highland Park's house style at its most refined expression.
The Pacult endorsement has become foundational to Highland Park 18's marketing — and rightly so, as it represents a genuine independent expert recognition rather than internal brand marketing. For Singapore collectors and gift-buyers, the Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride offers the rare combination of an extraordinary individual critic recognition (Best Spirit in the World), the prestige Edrington pedigree (sister to The Macallan), the genuine 1798 heritage credentials, and the distinctive Orkney character — all available at one of the most accessible price points for genuinely award-decorated 18-year-old single malt. The current Liquid Collection price of $218 (down from $410) makes it particularly attractive at the present moment.
Highland Park and the heritage Scotch landscape
Among the great heritage Scotch single malts, Highland Park occupies a particular and elite position: the 1798-founded, Magnus Eunson smuggler-priest heritage, Scotland's most northerly Scotch distillery, with active floor maltings and the genuinely unique Hobbister Hill heather peat character. Where The Macallan wears its global luxury sherried Speyside positioning under Edrington, The Glenrothes wears its Edrington Soleo Collection sherry-seasoned-cask Speyside character, Bowmore wears its 1779 oldest-Islay heritage with No. 1 Vaults sea-level maturation, Balblair wears its 1790 Northern Highland Inver House pre-Excise-Act legacy, and Laphroaig wears its medicinal-iodine Kildalton authenticity, Highland Park wears its Orkney 1798 Magnus Eunson founding, Hobbister Hill heather peat distinction, and Edrington Viking-themed brand authenticity. For Singapore collectors building a complete heritage Scotch cluster, Highland Park is the essential Orkney anchor — and arguably the most genuinely balanced Scotch single malt house style available, with the "wild harmony" of heather peat, sherry depth, honey sweetness, and maritime maturation creating a profile that no other Scotch distillery can replicate.
Highland Park FAQ
What is Highland Park?
Highland Park is an Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson in Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney — making it Scotland's most northerly Scotch single malt distillery and one of the very oldest licensed Scotch distilleries in continuous production. The 1798 founding date predates the 1823 Excise Act by 25 years, placing Highland Park in the elite pre-1800 heritage cluster. Highland Park is one of only two working Scotch single malt distilleries on Orkney (the other being Scapa) — and is genuinely distinctive within Scotch for its active floor maltings, distinctive Hobbister Hill heather peat, sherry-cask focused maturation, and Viking-heritage brand identity. Owned by the Edrington Group, sister to The Macallan and The Glenrothes.
What does Highland Park taste like?
Highland Park has one of the most genuinely distinctive house styles in all of Scotch single malt — a balanced character that combines moderate peat smoke (drawn from the distillery's Hobbister Hill peat with its distinctive heather content), heather honey sweetness, sherry-cask depth, and the maritime influence of the Orkney coastal setting. The brand's signature flavour combination — described internationally as "a wild harmony" — is built around the integration of these four elements rather than any single one dominating. The 18 Year Old Viking Pride (43% ABV, "Best Spirit in the World" according to F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal) delivers cherries, dark chocolate, toffee, marzipan, heather honey and aromatic peat smoke. The 21 Year Old (46% ABV) brings cloudy honey, crème brûlée, toasted cinnamon, apricot compote, crushed almonds, lime zest, smoked lemons, sweet violets, and delicate heathered peat smoke.
When was Highland Park founded?
Highland Park was founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson — a Kirkwall butcher, church officer, and notorious illicit whisky distiller. The 1798 founding date makes Highland Park one of the very oldest licensed Scotch single malt distilleries in continuous production — predating the 1823 Excise Act by 25 years. Highland Park sits in the small handful of Scottish distilleries with founding dates predating 1800: Glenturret (1763), Bowmore (1779), Strathisla (1786), Balblair (1790), Oban (1794), and Highland Park (1798).
Where is Highland Park made?
Highland Park is made at the Highland Park distillery in Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney — the Norse-heritage island archipelago situated approximately 16 kilometres off the northern coast of mainland Scotland. Orkney consists of approximately 70 islands (20 of which are inhabited), with a total population of around 22,000 residents. Orkney's identity is genuinely distinct from mainland Scotland: the islands were under Norse (Viking) rule from approximately 875 AD until they were transferred to Scotland in 1468 as part of the marriage dowry of King James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark.
Who was Magnus Eunson?
Magnus Eunson is one of the most colourful founder figures in all of Scotch whisky — a Kirkwall butcher, church officer (lay preacher in the local kirk), and notorious illicit whisky distiller who founded Highland Park as a licensed operation in 1798. Eunson's pre-1798 career as an illegal smuggler-distiller is the stuff of Scotch whisky legend: he is reputed to have hidden barrels of illicit whisky in the local kirk pulpit, and to have once concealed casks beneath an empty coffin staged for a fake funeral procession to evade excise officers. The mix of legitimate community standing with the criminal smuggling operation makes Eunson one of the most genuinely characterful figures in pre-Excise-Act Scotch whisky history.
Why does Highland Park use Hobbister Hill peat?
Highland Park is genuinely distinctive within Scotch single malt for its use of Hobbister Hill peat — a specific peat moss located on Orkney that produces a peat character noticeably different from the more common Islay or mainland Scottish peats. Hobbister Hill peat has high heather content (rather than predominantly sphagnum moss content like Islay peat), and the distinctive heather-rich peat composition contributes the heather-honey-meets-soft-smoke character that defines Highland Park's house style — markedly different from the heavier medicinal-iodine-seaweed character of Islay peated whiskies. The distillery cuts its own peat from Hobbister Hill (located approximately 7 miles outside Kirkwall) using traditional methods.
Why does Highland Park still floor-malt its own barley?
Highland Park is one of the small group of working Scotch single malt distilleries that still floor-malts its own barley. The working floor-malting Scotch distilleries now include: Highland Park (Orkney), Bowmore (Islay), Laphroaig (Islay), Kilchoman (Islay), and Springbank (Campbeltown) — five distilleries. Highland Park floor-malts approximately 20% of its own barley requirements on-site, kilning the malt over the distinctive Hobbister Hill peat to develop the brand's signature heathered peat character. The technique is labour-intensive — most modern distilleries source their malted barley from large industrial maltsters instead.
Who owns Highland Park?
Highland Park is owned by the Edrington Group — the Scottish drinks group headquartered in Glasgow and owned by the Robertson Trust (a major Scottish charitable foundation), making Edrington genuinely one of the most distinctive ownership structures in modern Scotch (the only major Scotch whisky group owned by a charitable trust). Highland Park sits within Edrington's three-Scotch-single-malt portfolio alongside The Macallan (Speyside, the global luxury sherried single malt) and The Glenrothes (Speyside, the sherry-seasoned Soleo Collection brand). Edrington also owns The Famous Grouse, Cutty Sark, Brugal rum, Naked Malt and Wyoming Whiskey.
Highland Park vs Macallan vs Glenrothes — what's the difference?
Highland Park, The Macallan and The Glenrothes are the three Scotch single malt distilleries owned by the Edrington Group — each occupying a distinct stylistic position. Highland Park (Orkney Island, founded 1798) is the most heritage-rich Edrington brand — Scotland's most northerly Scotch distillery, with active floor maltings, distinctive Hobbister Hill heather peat, sherry-cask programme, and Viking-themed brand identity. The Macallan (Speyside, founded 1824) is Edrington's global luxury flagship — defined by exclusive use of sherry-seasoned American and European oak casks. The Glenrothes (Speyside, founded 1879) is the sherry-seasoned-cask-focused Edrington brand — distinguished by the Soleo System cask programme.
What is Viking Pride?
Viking Pride is the official name of the Highland Park 18 Year Old single malt — bottled at 43% ABV. The 18 Year Old Viking Pride is one of the most decorated Scotch single malt expressions of all time: it was named "Best Spirit in the World" by American whisky expert F. Paul Pacult in his Spirit Journal. The tasting profile delivers cherries, dark chocolate, toffee, marzipan, heather honey, and aromatic peat smoke. The "Viking Pride" name is part of Highland Park's broader Viking-themed brand identity, drawing on Orkney's Norse cultural heritage. Other Highland Park Viking expressions include the 12 Year Old Viking Honour, plus various limited releases named after Norse mythological figures (Valkyrie, Valknut, Valfather, Loki, Freya, Thor, Magnus).
Is Highland Park a good gift?
Yes — Highland Park is genuinely one of the most prestigious Scotch single malt gift choices available, particularly for whisky drinkers who appreciate genuine heritage credentials, distinctive balanced character, and the cultural resonance of Orkney's Norse heritage. The Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour is the universal flagship gift bottle. The Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride is the prestige milestone gift — F. Paul Pacult's "Best Spirit in the World." The Highland Park 21 Year Old is the considered choice for serious collectors. The Highland Park Fire & Ice 15/17 Year Old set is a genuinely distinctive Ragnarök-themed Fine & Rare gift. The Highland Park 40 Year Old is the ultra-rare prestige collector's bottle. The 1798 founding heritage, the Magnus Eunson smuggler-priest founder story, the Orkney Norse heritage, the Hobbister Hill peat distinction, and the Edrington Group pedigree all give Highland Park unusually rich gift storytelling.
Do you deliver Highland Park across Singapore?
Yes. Free delivery anywhere in Singapore with no minimum order. Standard lead time is 3 working days.