Highland Park Thor

 

In 2010… It all began……….

 

Thor

 

This then was the first episode of +Highland Park Whisky new Valhalla range,

 

So here we see the mighty Thor.  I had seen it but at the time could not afford to buy it sadly but since I purchased it and thought lets give it a taste, yes indeedie its all about enjoying the malts since I read about the guy who died and never enjoyed his collection, I have been opening mine slowly, yes slowly in moderation, so Highland Park lent towards there Viking side.

 

Thor is the first release that Highland Park is calling the Valhalla Collection.  It will be a four part adventure of limited editions, so the first is bottled in a number rather large but totaling a production run of 23,000 bottles.  So lets get a look at it, as it’s the first edition in honour of Thor, the Norse God of Thunder and supposed creator of the Cliffs of Yesnaby on Orkney's west coast.

At this point it looks amazing coming out of the box, the packing is shaped like a Viking inspired long ship, impressive, but will the malt be as impressive, the bottle is like an old hand blown bottle coloured glass, it’s a cask strength 16 year old Dram bottled at 52.1% ABV, thus far impressed, it was a little steep in price for a 16 year old but hey what the heck!

 

Location…

ISLANDS

 

Where…

At Home.

 

Why…

Cant leave to the crocodile tear mob at my funeral.

 

Tasting…

Nose: Porridge-y, Peat with sweet honey.  Old cigar box. 

 

Palate: Pepper burst then peat and smoke, scotch toffee, ash.

 

Finish: Smoky espresso with sweet highland toffee.

 

Comments: I have to say if the rest of the collection is like this then WOW I can’t wait. Just got another bottle and put it away for a rainy day.

 

Get it…

At lillionwine.com here in Hong Kong or Online at the Whisky Shops.