Highland Park 1980 Single Sherry Cask #8421 / Maxxium UK Visit

Highland Park was built by David Robertson all the way back in 1798. The distillery's relationship with blenders, Robertson & Baxter, saw it acquired by Highland Distillers in 1937, who were subsequently bought by Edrington in 1999, who run it today. The modern Highland Park single malt brand was first officially bottled in the 1970s, with the release of an 8 year old age statement, but distillery bottlings first appeared around the 1950s. The look of the brand has changed many times over the years, but its cult following and popularity has never diminished. It remains one of the most recognisable single malts in the world to this day.

Cask #8421 was selected on the 31st of May 2001 to commemorate the visit of Maxxium UK to the Highland Park distillery on Orkney.

This sherry hogshead - filled on the 18th October 1980 - was then bottled a few months later on the company's 21st birthday:18th October 2001.

One of only 252 bottles.