Talisker 1955 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Talisker 10 Year Old

Eversince I started drinking whisky, I've been wanting this one. When I got my hands on it the first time I was so delighted I couldn't wait to open it up. What I did instead was leaving it for 2 months without opening, because I find it odd to open a bottle without ending another one first. But I couldn't resist afterall! Legs: long and fat,...

Score 88/100

Talisker Port Ruighe

This is a port matured version of Talisker with a name i couldnt imagine of pronouncing. Interestingly it retails in Australia for the same price as the distillers edition. * Nose: relatively restrained, doesn’t give much away, plum jam, red fruits, lemon pepper, chalky and soapy and some meaty aromas too. With water little bit sweeter, red...

Score 85/100

Talisker 57º North

Equating latitude with alcohol content seems quite a clever bit of marketing to sell a young NAS almost cask strength whisky at a moderately inflated price or am I just an old cynic. It’s a good line if the whisky stands up to scrutiny.... Amber gold coloured, as all Taliskers seem to be. Plenty of alcohol pungency on the nose which is to be...

Score 87/100

Talisker Port Ruighe

Unless you have been living in outer space or totally without internet access in the last week or so, you must have heard about the new release from Talisker : the Port finished ‘Port Ruighe’. Basically it’s a NAS whisky finished for a certain time in barrels which previously held port wine, which are also known as “port pipes”. I recently tasted...

Score 83/100