Centuries ago, long before Orkney became part of Scotland, it belonged to a vast Viking kingdom. Does that shape the character of our whisky? Without a shadow of a doubt.
Magnus Eunson, who founded Highland Park in 1798, was a direct descendent of those first Viking pioneers who settled on our island home. They became part of Orkney and part of us, leaving their mark on our landscape, our culture and our people. Even today, 1 in 3 Islanders bears Viking DNA and we continue to craft Highland Park with a fierce independence that's driven through our Viking bloodline.
An aptly named single malt, 18 Year Old Viking Pride won the Chairman’s Award in the Ultimate Spirits Challenge in 2018 and 2019 and owes everything to our 5 keystones of production that we’ve honoured for over 220 years. The high ratio of first-fill sherry seasoned European and American oak casks selected to create our 18 Year Old give it a unique flavour profile of bursting overripe cherries, bitter dark chocolate, sweet marzipan, floral heather honey, and aromatic peat smoke.
