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Highland whisky

The Highland region covers most of mainland Scotland north of the Highland line, from Glengoyne above Glasgow to Old Pulteney in Wick. With that much ground there is no single Highland style: Glenmorangie tends to be light and fruity, Dalmore and GlenDronach lean on sherry casks, and the coastal northern malts carry a salty edge.

Speyside sits within the Highlands geographically but is a protected region in its own right, so it has its own page. The islands count as Highland in law, but we list them separately under Islands, which is also where you will find Highland Park, on Orkney.

  • 490 bottles in stock
  • 38 distilleries
  • From £24.95, median £99.00
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Questions

What is the cheapest Highland whisky?
The cheapest Highland whisky is Glenmorangie X (40% ABV, 70cl), at £24.95 from Master of Malt. That is £29.90 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Loch Lomond Original Single Malt Whisky (£24.99) and Tomatin Legacy Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (£27.90).
How much does Highland whisky cost?
Highland whisky costs from £24.95 to £20,000.00, with a median of £99.00 for a full-size bottle. The dearest is Old Pulteney 50 Year Old.
What is the oldest Highland whisky you can buy?
Invergordon Murray McDavid Mission Gold Series Single Bourbon 1972 50 year old Whisky, at 50 years old, from £496.99.
What is the Highland line?
It is the legal boundary between the Highland and Lowland whisky regions. The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 trace it from the North Channel along the southern shore of the Firth of Clyde to Greenock, then to Cardross Station, Earl’s Seat in the Campsie Fells and the Wallace Monument, along the B998 and A91 to the M90 at Milnathort, north to the Bridge of Earn, and down the River Earn and the Firth of Tay to the North Sea. Everything north of the line is Highland and everything south is Lowland.
Why do Highland whiskies vary so much?
Because the Highland region is huge. It covers most of mainland Scotland and most of the islands, with very different climates from north to south. Whiskipedia splits it into northern, eastern, western and southern Highlands and the Islands, and styles range from light and floral to rich, sherried or peated.
Does the Highland region make grain whisky?
Very little. Almost all Highland distilleries make malt whisky, and Invergordon is the only working grain distillery in Whiskipedia’s Highland list. Most Scotch grain whisky comes from large Lowland distilleries.
Are Highland whiskies peated?
Most are unpeated, but there is no regional rule. Ardmore has made peated whisky since it opened in the late 1800s, using malt peated to 12 to 14 ppm for about half its production, and Ardnamurchan on the west coast distils both peated and unpeated spirit.