Highland Park Ice Edition Anything But A Chilly Whisky

Editor’s Note: Just as this story went to press Highland Park released some information about this new whisky – you can read those limited details here.

Highland Park is a Scotch whisky distillery well known for putting out high quality expressions, some of which are dressed up all fancy and such with packaging and bottling. We certainly saw this throughout the highly coveted Valhalla series, and now a new line with its own unique backstory and packaging seems to be emerging which looks to once again address Norse mythology.

What’s being called the Highland Park Ice Edition is the first Scotch to appear for this possible new series of bottlings, of which not much info is out there yet. Details on this specific whisky, however, are a little more readily available right now, so we will focus on that instead. Here is what is know about Ice Edition at this point, from various sources we researched:

• 17 years of age (source)
• 53.9% ABV (source)
• aged primarily in ex-bourbon barrels (source)
• 30,000 bottles being made available globally (source)
• £190/bottle (about $265 USD) (source)

Ice Edition, given its representation of ice giants from Nordic mythology, is presented in blue bottles which come nestled in, according to Time for Whisky, “a cradle, like the Valhalla Collection’s longboats, although this time shaped like a mountain.”

In terms of taste profile, this new 17 year old Scotch is said to be closest to Valhalla’s Freya in scope. “The Highland Park Ice Edition is distinguished by its subtle nuances,” said Martin Markvardsen, Brand Ambassador of Highland Park, of it in a statement.

I‘ve presented some Google Translated official tasting notes below for your consideration. Word is the gold colored Ice Edition, which is said to be lighter then any of the Valhalla releases, will hit different retail markets in the next few months, and as for follow ups, the rumor mill spins of a possible “Fire Edition” on the horizon next.

Aroma: pineapple, mango sorbet, smoky notes and ginger 
Taste: Full-bodied and simultaneously sweet with a smoky Torfnote, followed by vanilla and violets roots 
Finish: Balanced, creamy, woody and spicy