Highland Park Cask Strength Scotch Whisky Release No. 5
Highland Park Cask Strength Scotch Whisky Release No. 5 is a 750mL single malt from Orkney, bottled at natural cask strength with no added colour, and matured in sherry-seasoned oak casks — the fifth release in Highland Park's Cask Strength series. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Size: 750mL
- Strength: Bottled at natural cask strength (varies by release)
- Maturation: Sherry-seasoned oak casks
- Colour: Natural — no added colouring
- Origin: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Orkney's Viking Malt, Straight from the Cask
Highland Park has distilled in Kirkwall, Orkney since 1798, floor-malting its own barley and smoking it with the islands' aromatic heather peat. The Cask Strength series is the distillery undiluted: sherry-seasoned oak, natural colour, and the full intensity of the cask in the glass — Release No. 5 is the fifth bottling of that idea. Browse the Highland Park collection, more scotch whisky, and the whisky shelves at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
Rich sherry fruit, dark chocolate and heather honey with a thread of Orcadian peat smoke; the full-strength palate is dense — dried fruit, cinnamon, orange and sweet smoke; a long, warming finish of spice and peat.
How to Enjoy
Start neat to feel the full cask strength, then add water a few drops at a time — Orkney malt opens beautifully as the proof steps down.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does cask strength mean? The whisky is bottled without dilution to a standard proof, so each release carries the natural strength it reached in the cask.
Is it peated? Yes — Highland Park smokes its malt with Orkney heather peat, giving a sweeter, more aromatic smoke than mainland peat.
What casks is Release No. 5 matured in? Sherry-seasoned oak casks, in line with the rest of the Cask Strength series.
What size is the bottle? 750mL.
Full-strength Orkney in its fifth release — order Highland Park Cask Strength No. 5 online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.