Talisker
Fact Sheet
Founded: 1816
Current owner: Diageo
Stills: 2 wash, 2 spirit
Capacity: 2 million litres per year
Location: Carbost, Isle of Skye
Website: www.malts.com
Notable Facts: Talisker is one of the six orignal Diageo Clasic Malts. The whisky is renowned for its very spicy character, often referred to as chili catch. It has the same peat phenol level as Lagavulin and Caol Ila.
Bottlings
January 29, 2012
The spices are a litte too dominant to let the fruity elements truly shine here. – Rating: 86/100
February 21, 2011
Distillery manager Charlie Smith in person hosted a masterclass at the Munich festival. I was delighted to see that their two top bottlings (25yo and 30yo) were poured, along with the 12yo FOCM bottling and the 18yo.
January 30, 2011
A surprisingly fruity Talisker, the multi-age vatting gives it a lot of complexity. The overall character is gentler than the standard 10 yo. – Rating: 87/100
January 7, 2011
Many peated malts have a distinct “bacon nose”, not this one. Instead it has the strongest taste of bacon I have ever experienced in a whisky. I love bacon, and I love this whisky. – Rating: 90/100
February 28, 2010
An excellent dram, I like it a tad better than the standard 10yo. Fruiter nose but peatier and spicier palate. – Score: 88/100
January 29, 2010
The old version has much more sherry influence than its modern brother. I wouldn’t say it’s better, but it is intriguingly different. – Score: 86/100
October 14, 2009
A very fine whisky, perfect balance between peat and spice. Too bad they raised the price to stellar leveles. – Score: 90/100
August 11, 2009
Almost no sweetnees, just peat and spice. More like an Islay whisky than many Islay whiskies… – Score: 86/100
Mentioned in These Articles
May 17, 2012
A summary of the Scotch single malt blind tasting competition
May 5, 2012
For the first time ever I was able to attend this legendary whisky festival this year, albeit for one day only
March 9, 2012
Here is my selection of distilleries that let their whisky do the talking.
August 23, 2011
Year of Birth: 1959
Place of Residence: Hove near Brighton
Profession: Writer
Whisky Involvement: books, magazine articles, masterclasses etc.
June 13, 2011
Yes, I really mean it!
February 21, 2011
Distillery manager Charlie Smith in person hosted a masterclass at the Munich festival. I was delighted to see that their two top bottlings (25yo and 30yo) were poured, along with the 12yo FOCM bottling and the 18yo.
February 9, 2011
Most people like sweets to so some degree, and I am no exception. A classic treat that can be made rather easily is fudge. And a classic variety of fudge is the one that has whisky added to it. Needless to say that this is my favourite.
January 23, 2011
For a whisky blogger these days there are few things as convenient as joining the Diageo bashing game. But it often gets forgotten that many of their distilleries make a bloody good whisky!
November 10, 2010
Year of Birth: undisclosed
Place of Residence: Seeshaupt, Bavaria, Germany
Profession: Accountant and Engineer
Whisky Involvement: Internet retailer
November 6, 2010
On Twitter I just was pointed to a slightly off-beat cocktail recipe involving a tarantula. This concoction was created by supposedly renowned bartenders and won an award at a supposedly renowned competition.
October 17, 2010
End of September 2010 saw a major public relations effort by Scotch market leader Diageo to convince journalists and bloggers of the qualities of their new Roseisle distillery in Elgin on Speyside.
September 5, 2010
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Place of Residence: Erding, Bavaria, Germany
Profession: Business Analyst, currently unemployed
Whisky Involvement: Reviewer and commentator
April 6, 2010
For a change, this is not a recipe with whisky, but a recipe for whisky. My recent acqusition of a bottle of the Cameronbridge 29yo single grain gave birth to the idea of whipping together a blend of the finest whiskies my shelf has to offer.
February 23, 2010
From 19th to 21st of February 2010, the annual Whisky and Bar Festival took place in Munich. After having been held on the Praterinsel the years before, the festival switched to a new location.
November 2, 2009
As explained in the first article, it does not make sense just to give a score to a whisky without further explanation. This is why you always should write down tasting notes when you want to rate a whisky.
August 29, 2009
The result does not have much of a statistical value, but nevertheless the winner is not really a surprise:
August 12, 2009
As promised, I return with another cross-vatting session. This time I will be a bit more daring.
July 24, 2009
1. How Whisky is Made
I will describe the process of making malt whisky. Other types vary in details, but the general process is the same
July 23, 2009
Scotland has by a large margin the highest amount of active distilleries in the world, so it is globally the most important whisky region. In terms of whisky, it is historically divided into several distinct regions.
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