Highland Park The Warrior Collection
The Highland Park Warrior Collection is a collection of 8 bottles that symbolize the viking history and its warriors. Mostly these warriors came from the island Orkney or have a strong contacting with the island. All with a different history and story.
Svein
Released in 2013, Svein is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Svein is named after a Viking warrior who considered Orkney his home. When he wasn’t feasting and drinking in the winter months he would plant the fields and reap them himself when it was time to harvest. In his spare time, he would go back to his plundering and murdering ways in the Hebrides and in Ireland.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | American and European Sherry seasoned oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 100cl |
| ABV / Strength | 40% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Einar
Released in 2013, Einar is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Einar Sigurdsson was the joint Earl of Orkney from 1014-1020 along with two of his brothers, which he inherited after his father, Sigurd, died in 1014 at the mighty Battle of Clontarf. His own death came as his youngest brother, Thorfinn was coming of age to claim his share of the earlship. Einar’s greed and overbearing ways led to his being killed at the hands of Thorfinn’s foster-father. Thorfinn the Mighty, went on to become one of the most powerful of all the earls in Orkney.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | Predominantly matured in American and European sherry seasoned oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 100cl |
| ABV / Strength | 40% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Harald
Released in 2013, Harald is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
This bottling is named for King Harald Fairhair, King of Norway (b. 860-d. 940). His army, known as the “bersekers” were known to be fierce in bottle and often used their shields for both protection and as weapons.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | Matured in a combination of American and European sherry seasoned oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 40% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Ingvar
Released in 2013, Ingvar is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free market in Taiwan, to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense. This is a Cask Strength Special Edition.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | Matured in a combination of Ex-Bourbon and Sherry oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 60.5% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Sigurd
Released in 2013, Sigurd is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
The single malt is named after one of the most feared Viking earls in the Orkneyinga Saga. The symbol is a sword of Sigurd which he inherited from his dead father. The Sigurd whisky comes in a beautiful wooden box and as soon as the whisky is in your glass, you imagine yourself in the middle of this saga!
| Brand | Highland Park |
| No. of bottles | Predominantly matured in European and American sherry seasoned oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 43% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Ragnvald
Released in 2013, Ragnvald is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Arguably the most famous of the viking pioneers to sail uncharted waters, Ragnvald was more at home on sea than on land, undertaking numerous brave expeditions as far as the Middle East and even Asia. Ragnvald assisted King Harald and was given the title of Earl. He was a noted sailor and warrior and the black dragon or drekar is a symbol from the longships that he sailed.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | Predominantly matured in the finest sherry seasoned European oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 44.6% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
Thorfinn
Released in 2013, Thorfinn is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Thorfinn is the pinnacle of this selection. Thorfinn, aka Thorfinn the Mighty (b. 1009-d.1065) is still highly revered to this day in Orkney. He took over the earl-ship from his brother Einar after he was killed by Thorfinn’s foster-father. He wore a gilded gold helmet and this symbol is prominently placed on this bottling.
| Brand | Highland Park |
| Cask type | Created using a high proportion of European and American first-fill sherry seasoned oak casks |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Island |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 45.1% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
King Christian I
Released in 2016, King Christian 1 is a rare limited edition within The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history, and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Christian I was King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden (1448-1481)
| Brand | Highland Park |
| No. of bottles | 300 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Cask type | Matured in a combination of Refill Butts and Hogsheads of exceptional age and character, this whisky, like its namesake king, is the embodiment of unity. |
| Size | 70cl |
| ABV / Strength | 46.8% |
| Age | NAS |
| Varietal | Single Malt |
