Highland Park 12 Year Old 2005 (cask 5019843) – The Octave (Duncan Taylor)

This is a Duncan Taylor indie bottling of Highland Park single malt, finished in a octave cask (they’re much smaller than your run-of-the-mill hogshead, resulting in more interaction between wood and whisky). It was aged for 12 years, from 2005 to 2018, and allowed a 3 month finishing period in the octave before being bottled at 51.9% ABV. Just 106 bottles were produced.