An exclusive limited edition release from Highland Park in 2016, Hobbister is the first release in the Keystone Series – a collection of special bottlings that highlight the five Keystones of production which combine to make Highland Park stand apart from other Single Malts. The bottle was released exclusively to the distillery / online shop and sold out very fast.
Hobbister takes its name from the peat moor. Lying seven short miles from the distillery, the exposed and barren moor offers little cover from the ferocious winds that frequently batter the island. While this environment creates a unique aromatic peat consisting of decaying heather and plants. Rather than the trees that characterise the peat used by other distilleries.
Only 1200 bottles released
Highland Park Hobbister Keystone Series Release Part One
Colour:
Straw gold with copper highlights (5/20), slow medium-sized tears
Nose:
Rich heather and gorse brush-smoke, camp-fires, with a sweetness of heather honey, slightly meaty, bbq meat, maple-smoked bacon, malty barley, grassy hay, floral, heather, violets, geranium
Taste:
Full bodied and rich on the palate, heather honey bursts forth with a meaty and dry nature like beef jerky, the heather and gorse brush smoke are there too with toasted coconut, vanilla essence, but all with a dry mineralic flinty and smoky edge, the florality continues in the palate with parma violets and lavender cookies
Finish:
Long floral smoke, drying and moreish
Only 1200 bottles released.