Highland Park Bottles

[Deactivated Member]

On another thread, we have seen the three most recent styles of Highland Park bottles:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8823&view=unread#p158264

The simple subject for the poll is - which of the three do you prefer?

[Mr Fjeld]

I prefer the latest design. The oldest alternative looks like an old ketchup bottle - designed with the purpose of making you pour more than you should. Same trick as the toothpaste tube - make the mouth wider and you sell more.

[les taylor]

I love the new one. It also has a wide neck so it goes glug glug. I just think the design is simple but very stylish. It's so good I think Auchentoshan have done their version of it.

[Bud Light]

I love the new one. It also has a wide neck so it goes glug glug. I just think the design is simple but very stylish. It's so good I think Auchentoshan have done their version of it.

It does and I don't mind the new ones, but still prefer the old ones. Intermediate solution was pretty lame, though, and I'm glad they made some changes. Apparently that design agency in London was out of touch with Orkneys and their cultural heritage. Interesting revelation after seven years of production.

[Deactivated Member]

Apparently that design agency in London was out of touch with Orkneys and their cultural heritage. Interesting revelation after seven years of production.

Whereas the new agency in Glasgow is so much more in touch with Orcadian skies.

[Spirit of Islay]

I liked the older third choice (a bit like the older Bunnie bottle ) , the new one makes me think of a bourbon bottle fro some reason......

[Sherried Malt]

I voted for the old style. Liked the clean lines and angles. Very elegant looking. Also very distinctive.

They did a nice job on the new design. TG they updated it; I really disliked the version it replaced...

[Deactivated Member]

Old style for mer. I loved the map of the Orkney Isles embosssed on the bottom of the bottle - just in case you got lost!

[Klas]

I voted for the latest design.

I put the bottles next to each other at home before submitting my vote and yes I like the latest design a lot more.

I love the new one. It also has a wide neck so it goes glug glug.

Les, I loved this input! Glug glug can be as important as a fancy label.

[Willie JJ]

I like the old ones. The newest bottle doesn't do much for me at all. It's not even easy to hold when your pissed (not that it ever happens in my house of course).

[Di Blasi]

I like the latest one, as the oldest I'm not so familiar with, and the previous one was a little odd with the label. The latest fits in the hand nicely and pours great too!

[jazz lover]

Older style,the wide mouth bottle
forces you to over pour...

[sievm]

I like the older bottle shape but prefer the new for the rest of the design.

Maybe I just can't make up my mind but I definitely don't like the middle one.

[orangedogofglory]

I like the latest design - it has an appealing look that offsets other distilleries. Simple in nature, and the colors provide a stark comparison for each year.

Plus, I like the wider neck and the oversized cork.

[lincoln imp]

No contest i have all 3 designs at the moment but i think the old 90`s dumpy bottles are in a class of their own, especially the ones with the gold label. Its a work of art almost.

[irishwhiskeychaser]

No contest i have all 3 designs at the moment but i think the old 90`s dumpy bottles are in a class of their own, especially the ones with the gold label. Its a work of art almost.

I agree

Double Ditto

[I_SPEY]

Of course I voted for The Old Style.(I'm old too, so)

[Sherried Malt]

No contest i have all 3 designs at the moment but i think the old 90`s dumpy bottles are in a class of their own, especially the ones with the gold label. Its a work of art almost.

I agree

Double Ditto

Triple

[peatjunkie]

I voted for the wide neck bottle

Because the whisky in it is by far much better than the recent releases.
Especially the one at 43%

I do not give a damn about the shape,just about the content

Geert

[lincoln imp]

Spilling Highland Park. The verythought of it makes me wince

[DanAir]

Very strong vote for the oldest style. I'm not too bothered by the shape of the bottle, although I do prefer the olders, but I'm really not keen on the new labels (reminds me of new Auchentochan).

What they gain in simplicity they sacrifice in character. And simplicity was never a quality I particularly admired in whisky.

[Sherried Malt]

Given the overwhelming support the "recent style" has gotten here, no wonder HP changed the design!

[Deactivated Member]

Given the overwhelming support the "recent style" has gotten here, no wonder HP changed the design!

It's interesting.

Gerry Tosh (HP brand ambassador) said that they changed from the recent style because people said they preferred the old, wide necked bottles. Apparently they liked the feel of the pour - and a bit of a glug. But I think the new bottles would appeal to a different market entirely, and would have been a disappointment to the people who hankered after the traditional bottles.

If only the polls allowed some way of ranking. I voted for the old style, but would have had the recent style second a long way ahead of the current style. The pictures added a lot. Nobody prefers the recent style (yet) but they might have been everyone's second choice.

[les taylor]

You'll better understand my fear of this when I tell you my wife was once dusting a 15yo Single Cask Old Pultney - one minute in her hand, the next on the floor. So with the slippery flat HP bottle (it IS like a ketchup bottle after all) I feel even more insecure.

Nick perhaps the answer is to do the dusting yourself.

[les taylor]

:shock:
I already cook every night and iroon the shirts weekly as well as sending the rest of the ironing out so Mrs C57 doesn't have to do it!
What more do you want Les?
I'll have to get a maid

Nick you need to get the hoovering and cleaning the bathroom and kitchen done as well.

[SoMK]

I loved the old style but the new one grew on me too... I like the embossed bottle and, as often mentionned, the glug neck, One thing I don't really appreciate is the flimsy cardboard box which in totally ok for a 12 but begins to seem a tad weak for the 18, pricewise I mean... and then, we have a giant leap in packaging with the 25 lined box.
Don't get me wrong, the topic is about packaging so I go into "packaging mode" but honnestly, I wouldn't give a rat's hiney if it was delivered in a screw top bottle and a brown bag, I love HP too much

[DrChimRichalds]

Newest design for me. Represents the heritage of the Orkneys better I think. The bottle has a great feel in your hand and it goes glug, glug which is important (somehow).

[Ganga]

I much prefer the middle one, especially the single cask labelling. The new one screams "Kentucky" not "Orkney". I will say I like the 90s style better than the new one but the shoulders never appealed to me.

Also, it was much easier to pour off a sample from the middle style.