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TALISKER

Established: 1831
Status: Working
Location: Carbost, Isle of Skye
Visitor centre: Yes
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• Aged 10 Years (bottles: L?, bottled 2002? - the stone label) 45.80%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 10 (99 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 24 points: peppery, smoky, sea, antiseptic / Taste 25 points: salty, full-bodied, strong, smoky, peppery, chili, hot, earthy, medicine, tar / Finish 25 points: long, peppery finish / Balance 25 points. My favourite whisky. It's THE Whisky. Think about standing by the sea and harsh autumn wind blows straight into your face. You take a wee sip of this and you feel it warming you inside. Magic.)

I will not yield,
to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet,
And to be baited with the rabble's curse.
Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane,
And thou opposed, being of no woman born,
Yet I will try the last: -before my body
I throw my warlike shield: lay on, MacDuff;
And damn'd be him that first cries 'Hold, enough!'
(William Shakespeare - Macbeth)




• Aged 10 Years (including bottles: L7 215, L7 289 (fender version), L8 288 - the new label), 45.80%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9.5 (96 points)
(Colour: golden brown / Nose 24 points: smoky, sea, antiseptic, soapy / Taste 24 points: salty, full-bodied, strong, smoky, slightly peppery, hot, earthy, medicine / Finish 24 points: long, seaweed finish with a hint of pepper / Balance 24 points. Seems like these taste like familiar Talisker but still something different. Less peppery and more fruity, perhaps?)

Watching it skitter across the
(bone. blood)
gravel. It conjured up images of
(bone. blood)
iced tea, porch swings, ladies in white straw hats, the hum of mosquitoes, and
(bad little boys who don't play by the rules.)
all that stuff. Sure. Nice game. Out of style now, but...
nice.
(Stephen King - The Shining)




• Aged 25 Years (2005 bottling), 57.2%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (93 points)
(Colour: pale amber / Nose 23 points: smoky, fruity, sea climate / Taste 24 points: full-bodied, citrus, fruity, slightly peppery, salty, smoky / Finish 23 points: long, smoky and fruity finish / Balance 23 points. Doesn't need any water.)



• Distiller's Edition, d 1993, b 2007, TD-S: 5JV, 45.8%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points)
(Colour: dark amber / Nose 24 points: smoky, iodine, salty, peaty, band aid, burning log, seaweed / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, salty, medicine, smoky, saltwater, ginger / Finish 22 points: long, smoky and salty finish / Balance 23 points.)



• Aged 20 Years, 62%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: dark syrup / Nose 23 points: strong, smoky, phenolig, peaty, chocolate, heather / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, smoky, peppery / Finish 22 points: long, smoky finish / Balance 23 points.)



• Aged 12 Years, 43% (Market House)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (90 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: sweet, caramel, tobacco, floral, salty / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, sweet, fruity, oranges / Finish 22 points: long and fruity finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Aged 18 Years
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points)
(Colour: dark cider / Nose 22 points: peppery, sweet, apricot, praline / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, hint of smoke, cellars, hint of peat / Finish 22 points: long, spicy finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Skye Single Malt, Aged 23 Years, d 1987, c# 689, bottle 77/255, 54.4% (Royal Mile Whiskies)
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: fruity, honey / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, fruity, honey, sweet, toffee / Finish 21 points: long, sweet and fruity finish / Balance 22 points.)



• Talisker 57° North, 57%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 8.5 (86 points)
(Colour: gold pale / Nose 22 points: peaty, smoky, floral, sea climate / Taste 22 points: full-bodied, spicy, smoky, salmiac / Finish 21 points: long, floral finish. Also hint of salmiac at aftertaste / Balance 21 points.)





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