Talisker 1991 Distillers Edition 100cl

Talisker 2000 Distillers Edition

I last reviewed an Old Malt Cask Talisker 10 Year Old; and our second Talisker is the 2000 Distiller's Edition. This was bottled in 2011 and is finished in Jerez Amoroso casks. While I was in Scotland I was fortunate enough to try the 2012 DE bottling - I'm sure it will be on our shores soon. The colour is a quite dark gold, almost brown. The...

Score 91/100

Talisker 2000 Distillers Edition

Talisker Distillers Edition (Distilled 2000, bottled 2011) Talisker whiskey is created beside Loch Harport, in the “…jagged shadow of the Cullin range, on the Isle of Skye.” (from the Talisker website). The Distillers Edition is finished in Amoroso sherry Casks. Colour: Chestnut brown Nose: a strong sultana/Demerara-sugar sweetness, with a subtle...

Score 87/100

Talisker 10 Year Old

Not quite my first love when it comes to malt whisky, but a close second. The first bottle of this I bought was olive green and came in box tattooed with a map of Scotland centred on where else the Isle of Skye. I was very impressed, but also impressionable. This bottle is much more recent purchase in plainer packaging, but that apart I’ve not...

Score 95/100

Talisker 24 Year Old Daily Dram Undercover 2

The boys of The Nectar, a Belgian bottler, put a couple of whiskies on the market icognito – without mentioning the distillery on the label – under the well chosen name ‘Undercover’. Their Number 2 only exists in 82 bottles and contains a 24 Year Old Talisker. How do I know it’s Talisker? Well, the label says ‘distilled on Skye’. No rocket...

Score 90/100