talisker 175th anniversary edition
- Distillery
- Talisker
- Style
- Single Malt
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- Unspecified
- Alcohol
- 45.8% abv.
- Region
- Scotland, Island
- Bottled For
- Distillery
A one off bottling to commemorate Talisker’s founding in 1830. It is a malt of striking contrasts; a velvet hand in an iron glove, soft sweet and elegant at heart, yet austere and powerful... but that's Talisker.
review by coloradodram
- Color
- Nut brown gold.
- Nose
- Youthfully grassy, lemony wood polish, lightly-smoked tree sap.
- Body
- Sharp, thin, and gripping on the tongue, though the legs on the glass led me to believe it might be softer and silkier.
- Palate
- Interesting...the familiar prickly pepper with vanilla undertones from the 10, some light fruit from the 18, some oaky tree sap from an elder (25?) and a gate-crashing punk-rocking youthful smoker.
- Finish
- Ditto of the palate...smooth and peppery, warm and long, and a loud pronouncement of smoky intentions.
Talisker 8, 10, 18, and 25 all at once? This is definitely one of those 'old' and 'new' blendings - confounding at times, nose all over the map. However, I have never met a Talisker I didn't like, and this is no exception. It's just like their description states...a velvet hand in an iron glove...this is drinking scotch, not one for character analysis.