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Highland Park 12 Years Old alongside Cohiba Siglo IV

A Scottish island malt alongside a Cuban corona gorda. A calm bottle and a calm size, so neither takes over.

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Bottle of Highland Park 12 Years Old, whisky

From the shelf

The bottle

Highland Park has stood in Kirkwall on Orkney since 1798 and has its own floor maltings; the peat burnt there comes from Hobbister Moor on the same island. This bottling is twelve years old, matured mostly in European and American oak casks prepared with sherry, and is bottled at 40% ABV. No colouring is added.

Highland Park 12 Years Old

The combination

Why this works together

A corona gorda of 143 mm is longer than a robusto and narrower than a pyramid: the smoke stays even and does not become heavier towards the end. Cohiba is grassy and woody rather than earthy. With a malt at 40 per cent ABV, that is the safest side: an earthy or peppery cigar would push the whisky into the background.

Beside the glass

The cigar

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky. These cigars go well alongside this bottle.

Tekening van het formaat corona gorda van 143 millimeterRecht, een slag dikker en langer dan een corona. De voet ligt links, de kop rechts.voetkop143 mm
This is what the size of the Cohiba Siglo IV looks like: corona gorda format, 143 mm, straight, a notch thicker and longer than a corona. This is our own drawing in our house style, not a photo from the brand; we do not sell cigars.
Bundles of cigars, tied together with a paper band, on a wooden counter
Mood image: bundles of cigars in a tobacco house. These are not the recommended cigars; the actual size is in the drawing alongside.
  • Cohiba Siglo IV Cuban corona gorda of 143 mm, woody and grassy, which leaves room for the whisky at 40 volume percent.
  • Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 1 Corona gorda of 143 mm, milder and sweeter in the wood.
  • Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Robusto Robusto of 127 mm, shorter and sturdier, for those who want the smoke more clearly present.
  • Vegas Robaina Famosos Robusto of 124 mm with more earth, if the bottle may sit beside a heavier cigar.

In the glass

Serving

Neat in a tulip-shaped glass, without ice. At 40 percent ABV water is not needed. Drink it in the pauses between the draws, not during them.

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