Highland Park: Remember Quality for Father’s Day
Remember the days when cars were sturdier and built to last and a hard day at work meant sweat on the brow, dirt on the shoe and the sound of Dad’s metal lunchbox on the kitchen counter after he walked through the back screen door? Those were the days fathers scrimped and saved so you and I could grow up and achieve our dreams. He spent quality time teaching the valuable lessons in life of love, getting along with others, reaching our goals, finding our spirit, never compromising our character and maintaining our vision. There were the valuable lessons of enjoying life, helping others and being a good sport, too. All of which combine to bring quality to our lives on a daily basis. This Father’s Day remind your dad that quality indeed stands the test of time.
Enrich and diversify your father’s Scotch portfolio with a bottle of award-winning quality Highland Park Scotch in any of their fine expressions. Each Highland Park expression is imbued with more than 210 years of distilling tradition excellence. Whether you splurge on the most expensive or find the bargain of the batch there is sure to be a Highland Park Scotch your father will take pleasure in for its quality and significance.
Whisky Connoisseur (one one aspiring to be)
For the family man who considers himself the aficionado of whisky; Highland Park 18 Years Old. F. Paul Pacult, well-known spirits reviewer, labels this expression “the best spirit in the world.” Highland Park 18 Year Old displays toffee sweetness and an almond nuttiness reminiscent of marzipan. The finish is prolonged with a gently smoky aftertaste. Suggested retail price: $100
Love Has No Bounds
That’s because you can’t put a price on a Father’s love. Highland Park 40 Year Old is for the Scotch lover who has everything or wants it all. This is a classically composed masterpiece. Highland Park 40 Year Old matures for an extended period of time in previously-filled sherry oak casks, is perfectly balanced and complex in flavor. The delicate coppery paleness of color is all natural as is the case of all the Highland Park Scotches. Suggested retail price: $2000
Highland Park offers expressions in 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 25, 30 and 40 Year Old. The Highland Park website describes tasting notes in full for each of these expressions, so you are sure to find one or more to fit the character of your father’s spirit. My review of the Highland Park 40 Year Old led me to even more information about how to taste Scotch and really appreciate the nuances if the spirit. I recently had the opportunity to sample the Highland Park 12, 18 and 25 Year Old expressions which I shared with another taster. Both of our views on these expressions will be to the site shortly.
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· Highland Park® SINGLE MALT Scotch Whisky Launches FLAGSHIP 40 Year Old Expression
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