{"id":67,"date":"2005-07-26T09:07:28","date_gmt":"2005-07-26T14:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/?p=67"},"modified":"2005-07-26T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2005-07-26T14:42:32","slug":"highland-park-named-worlds-no1-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Highland Park 18 named world’s No1 spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HighlandWonderful honor for a the Scotch whisky industry, the amazing distiller Highland Park, and my favorite spirit – Highland Park 18. The following is an article that my RSS feed gave me today with [editorial comments from Bop]<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

A WHISKY produced at a distillery in Orkney has been named the best spirit in the world by a leading drinks magazine in the United States. <\/p>\n

The Highland Park 18-year-old single malt topped a list of the world’s 100 best distilled spirits, published in the American Spirit Journal. <\/p>\n

The list was compiled by the American drinks specialist Paul Pacult, who judged thousands of whiskies, rums, gins, vodkas, tequilas and other distilled spirits for the list [prodigious list…I’m personally glad to see it beat the tequila]<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

He said: “Out of the hundreds of whiskies from Scotland, Canada, the US, Japan, India and Ireland, Highland Park 18-year-old is the finest of them all and right now is my favourite distilled spirit. <\/p>\n

He added: “After 25 years’ experience, it fits my profile of what makes a perfect whisky, which is to say it’s totally in harmony, there are no rough edges and everything is melded together brilliantly.” [I love how they all attempt, throughout this article, to describe it’s perfection…]<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

The announcement was welcomed by Highland Park, which is based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Ken Grier, the director of malts for the distillery, said: “It’s not only a huge accolade for Highland Park, it’s a major achievement for Scottish whisky. <\/p>\n

“It’s fantastic for the industry as a whole and it underpins the care, craft and attention we put into our brands.” <\/p>\n

Yesterday, an independent whisky expert said the award would not come as a surprise to lovers of Scottish whisky as the Highland Park 18-year old is a “single malt that really sings to you” [Great description…couldn’t have said it better myself]<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Jim Murray, the author of the international bestseller Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, said the whisky was very nearly flawless [yet another attempt to describe perfection]<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n

“It’s the kind of whisky that if you are entertaining a young lady who doesn’t like whisky and you pour a Highland Park 18, you will convert her. [Now that would be a noble experiment – find out if this standard does indeed measure perfection in a spirit. I, humbly, volunteer for this dangerous assignment]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“It is a massively beautiful whisky. On the nose, it’s like an empty honey jar that once held peaty embers. It possesses a soft sweetness that is never over the top. [Empty honey jar that once held peaty embers….does anyone else picture Winnie the Pooh with Scottish dirt on his snout?]<\/strong><\/em>” <\/p>\n

Murray added that his favourite whisky is not Highland Park 18 [heretic!]<\/strong><\/em>, but George T Stagg, a bourbon [gasp!]<\/strong><\/em> produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in America. “There’s no doubt that [the Highland Park] is one of the best, however,” he added. <\/p>\n

Highland Park was established in 1798 and is Scotland’s northernmost distillery. <\/p>\n

The brand, which has already won awards from Whisky Magazine and the Chicago Beverage Testing Institute [perhaps they mean the KOTQ-Chicago Chapter…if not we need to check it out]<\/strong><\/em>, launched the 18-year-old single malt in 1997 [interesting – I did not know that did you?!?]<\/strong><\/em>. It is priced at \u00c2\u00a358 a bottle [a steal]<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n

Other Scotch whiskies in the list’s top ten included Ardbeg Uigeadail Islay Single Malt which came fourth, Bowmore Darkest Sherry Single Malt (ninth) and The Macallan Fine Oak 15-Year-Old Speyside Single Malt (tenth). [Viceroy and hosts take note – Looks like a lineup idea for a future tasting here!!!]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Highland Park 18-year-old single malt topped a list of the world’s 100 best distilled spirits, published in the American Spirit Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keepersofthequaich.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}