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Islands
1830
A burn on Cnoc nan Speireag (Hawk Hill)
United Distillers & Vintners
Operational
Yes
+44 (0)1478 614308
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The Talisker distillery was founded in
1830 by two farmers, Hugh and
Kenneth MacAskill. Like other farmers they saw whisky making as a
sideline. By 1880 it was a lot more than
just a sideline, Talisker whisky was
starting to get noticed. The famous
writer Robert Louis Stevenson even
referred to it in a poem entitled "The
Scotsman's Return from Abroad", he wrote
"The king o' drinks, as I conceive it,
Talisker, Islay or Glenlivit".
Stevenson's words clearly had their own
effect. The workforce quickly grew and
Talisker became the successful
enterprise, which it remains to this
day.
The distillery was closed
during the second world war, and again
after a fire which destroyed the
stillroom in 1960. It was 1962 before
repairs where completed and the
distillery was back in production.
Today Talisker malt whisky belongs to
UDV, and is part of UDV's
extremely popular Classic
Malts Collection. As
well as being sold as single malt a part
of the malt produced at Talisker goes
into blends such as Johnnie Walker and
White Horse. This malt is always very
highly rated by whisky connoisseurs, and
so it should be.
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Talisker Tasting Notes
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 Talisker
10 Year Old Single Malt.
Colour:
Deep gold.
Nose:
Powerful peat-smoke with sea-water
saltiness, the liquor of fresh oysters,
a citrus sweetness.
Taste:
A rich dried-fruit sweetness with clouds
of smoke and strong barley-malt
flavours, warming and intense. At the
back of the mouth is an explosion of
pepper.
Finish:
Huge, long, warming peppery finish with
an appetising sweetness.
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Talisker Bottlings
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Talisker offer you the following choice
of single malts:
- 10 Year Old Single Malt.
- 18 Year Old Single Malt.
- 25 Year Old Single Malt.
- Distillers Edition.
- 175th Anniversary Bottling.
- You will find a huge range of
Talisker single malt including
many very rare vintages and finishes
both in original and independent
bottlings available from
top whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange.
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