7/21/2023 0 Comments Highland park 12![]() Today the whisky made at Highland Park is among the most coveted in the world, as desirable for collectors as it is for connoisseurs. We do know that a group of investors including a man named John Robertson who was involved in Eunson’s eventual arrest and an exciseman named Robert Pringle bought the High Park estate in 1813 and founded what is now the Highland Park distillery. It is impossible to tell how much of Magnus Eunson’s life as we know it is fact or fiction, but with stories so entertaining it scarcely matters. Needless to say, it was a while before the excisemen found their way to Orkney again. ![]() As they entered the property Eunson, looking their way, made the sign of the cross and whispered “smallpox”. When the excisemen found the church empty they made their way to Eunson’s home only to find the entire household on their knees, deep in prayer around what appeared to be a coffin. In his 1887 book ‘Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom’, Alfred Barnard tells how Eunson, upon hearing that his church was to be inspected by the Gaugers, transported barrels to his home where he arranged them in a row, placing the lid of a coffin on top and throwing a white sheet over the lot. A church official by day and smuggler by night, he was heavily involved in the production and transportation of illegal spirits, leading to countless clashes with the excisemen of the day, many of which have gone down in local legend. Its roots can be traced back to 1798 when Magnus Eunson ran an illicit still in the high park above Orkney’s largest settlement.īy all accounts, Eunson was a bit of a character. It is located in Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands. Highland Park is the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland.
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