Single malt distillery Highland Park, based mostly in Orkney, Scotland, has added a brand new whisky to its Cask Energy collection, designed to problem whisky ingesting norms.
Launching as a everlasting addition to the Highland Park vary and created utilizing the normal ‘straight from the cask’ technique, Highland Park Cask Energy Launch No.3 doesn’t use water added after maturation.
Highland Park grasp whisky maker, Gordon Movement, stated: “With Cask Energy, you’re at an excellent place to start out exploring the style that most closely fits your palate by including water, ice or your most popular serve. It’s your whisky and ought to be loved your means.
“For me, a Cask Energy whisky actually celebrates that steadiness between outdated and new and I stay up for seeing how shoppers get pleasure from the brand new whisky,” Movement added.
Cask Energy Launch No.3 makes use of whisky made with the next proportion of Orkney peated malt and has been matured predominantly in first-fill sherry seasoned American and European oak casks and a small amount of refill casks.
The releases inside the Cask Energy vary share the identical underlying character however with every batch that includes totally different flavours coming to the fore based mostly on the cask make-up.
Launch No.1 was matured predominantly in sherry seasoned American oak casks of various ages, with Launch No. 2 being matured predominantly in sherry seasoned European and American oak casks and a small amount of ex-bourbon casks.
The brand new launch will turn out to be accessible globally from 1 September throughout specialist whisky retailers and from the Highland Park on-line store, distillery, and Albert Avenue retailer in Orkney, at rrp £65.