Highland Park Distillery
Orkney, Islands, Scotland · established 1798
- Owner
- Edrington
- Stills
- 2 wash, 2 spirit
- Water
- Cattie Maggie's spring
- House style
- Heather-honey smoke, sherry, orange — peat without seaweed
- Peat
- 20 PPM — Own floor-malted share peated with aromatic Orkney heather peat (~30–40ppm); overall malt lighter
The story
Legend credits Magnus Eunson, a smuggler-preacher who hid whisky under his pulpit. The Viking heritage branding leans hard into Orkney's Norse past.
Tours
- Distillery tour — Floor maltings and kiln — Orkney peat cut on Hobbister Moor
Around Highland Park
- St Magnus Cathedral (History) — Red sandstone Norse cathedral, Kirkwall
- Skara Brae & Ring of Brodgar (History) — Neolithic Orkney — 5,000 years old
Official site: highlandparkwhisky.com