Did you know that 1 in 3 people living in the Orkney Islands can trace their bloodline directly back to the Vikings?

The Orkney Islands were taken over by Vikings back in the 800s and have been in Danish / Norwegian ownership for many years. That’s a long story and maybe we will take that another day
Now it’s about the whisky from Highland Park.
Whisky with Viking Soul and where this one gets it’s name from – The roots in the Viking tribes.

A lovely fresh whisky 10 years old. Matured in sherry casks and ex-bourbon casks.
You will be greeted with fresh fruit in the aroma and Highland Park’s characteristic aroma and taste of the peat from Orkney, honey and heather mixed with sherry notes and soft peat smoke.

It’s not a big heavy whisky, but a delicate every day whisky.

𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: (4/6)
A whisky you can enjoy around the fire, a warm summer evening or any day. A fresh and smooth whisky with a touch of soft peat smoke.

En whisky du kan nyde rundt om bålet, en lun sommer aften eller en hvilken som helst dag. En frisk og smooth whisky med et snert af blød tørverøg.

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– 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧
– 𝘼 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛
– 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 – 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢
– 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 – 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮
– 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣
– 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩

The Vikings have brought back with them casks of Rioja wine.

Is it Twisted to mature whisky in wine casks? I think not.

Highland Park Twisted Tattoo is 16 years old and is a marriage of 153 casks laid down between 11th May 2000 and 29th October 2001, filled into 220 liter First-fill Rioja wine casks in January and March 2016 at 59.5% ABV.
70 First-fill Bourbon casks from 1999, filled at strength of between 63.6% and 63.7%. The 223 casks where married together in September 2018 and chill-filtered at 4°C.

The whisky is bottled at 46.7% ABV and has a lovely complexity with to changing palets.
The first taste is sweet creamy vanilla and a clear Rioja feel and red berries.
Then it changes to a more “classic” Highland Park expression with heather, honey, the Hobbister Moor Peat and some spiciness.
A lovely whisky that releases The “Full Volume” Another expression….. but okay.
Anyway the Twisted Tattoo is an interesting whisky with the Twist of the red wine casks.

Did you know Loki, one of the gods in the Norse mythology, had “children”? Oh well, it is a little Twisted
These children are no less than; The Fenris Wolf, Hel and The Midgard Serpent.

Jormungand (The Midgard serpent) was the second eldest child between Loki the Trickster and the giantess Angrboda. Kidnapped by the gods, he was cast into the waters that surround Midgard. There he laid until he grew so large that he ate large whales and was able to wrap himself around the world and bite his own tail.

The design on the bottle is a Tattoo of the Midgard Serpent twisting around a sword.

It is designed by the Danish Tattoo artist Colin Dale.
He is a very talented tattoo artist and modern Viking using the old techniques when tattooing and telling stories on skin.
Colin Dale was born in Canada but his roots are Danish.
A true skilled craftsman with a true Viking Soul.

Cheers Colin Dale for a great design and great meeting you in Stockholm
Also a large toast to Highland Park and Martin Markvardsen for a good event release event in Stockholm.

I attended a Twisted Tattoo release event in Stockholm and had a great day with good stories and meeting fantastic people. I have made a little Youtube video where you can see more from the day.

I really like this Twisted Tattoo because of the different touch from the Rioja red wine. There is a lot of classic Highland Park taste with a good fruity twist.

𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮: (5/6)
It might only be a 4.7 but I haven’t made that scale

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– 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧
– 𝘼 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙮 – 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙛
– 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 – 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢
– 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 – 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮
– 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣
– 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩