Highland Park 18yr

In 2005 F. Paul Pacult reviewed Highland Park 18 for "The Spirit Journal". In the review he referred to it as, "the best spirit in the world". Not the best single malt, or the best scotch, or even the best whisky, but the best spirit. As you might guess the folks at Highland Park (Scotland's northernmost distillery) were quite pleased with this review and they began slinging that quote around everywhere they possibly could. Even (in a display of great chutzpah)on the box the whisky comes in. You would expect that such a display of arrogance would create a significant of a backlash. And it would, if it weren't for the fact it just might be.....you know.....the best spirit in the world. This scotch is phenomenal and unlike most single malts is accessible to non-scotch drinkers--something that is unheard of in the world of scotch.

Highland Park 18 is rich, smooth and full-flavored with perfectly (and I mean perfectly)balanced flavors of toffee, honey, peat, and a long sweet smoky finish. It is a perfect single malt scotch. It is also $124 which is not cheap. But even if it cost five times as much (and I am serious about this) it would be a fantastic price to value ratio. Buy it, buy it, buy it.