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Tag Archives: Skye
Breath of the Isles 14, 1993-2007, Refill Hogshead 3746, 57% – Adelphi
Of course, this is an undisclosed single malt whisky. Adelphi has (or used to have) a slew of them in the ‘Breath of…’ series. Islay, Speyside, the Highlands. The only two regions not covered are the Lowlands and Campbeltown, for … Continue reading
Posted in Talisker, Undisclosed
Tagged 1993, Adelphi, Breath of the Isles, Islands, Skye, Talisker
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Torabhaig Allt Gleann, 2017+2018, Bourbon casks, 46%
Torabhaig is the second distillery on Skye, after Talisker. As in, it’s not the second distillery ever, but it is currently. It’s been operational for a few years now and early this year the initial release came out, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Torabhaig
Tagged 2017, 2018, Allt Gleann, Bourbon Cask, Islands, Isle of Skye, Skye, The Legacy Series, Torabhaig
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Torabhaig 2017, The Legacy Series – The Inaugural Release, 46%
This has been a long awaited thing to happen. A new distillery on Skye! A few years ago when they started building the Torabhaig Distillery, they more or less instantly killed Talisker’s marketing engine of being the only distillery on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Bourbon Cask, Inaugural Release, Islands, Skye, Torabhaig
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Talisker 15, 57.3% – Diageo Special Releases 2019
The Diageo Special Releases are always a thing to look forward to as summer approaches. As in, that’s generally when the announcement happens or there is some marketing leak in which they releases are listed. When it happened last year, … Continue reading
Posted in - News and Announcements, Talisker
Tagged Diageo, Diageo Special Releases, Islands, Skye, Talisker
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Talisker 18, 2019 release, 45.8%
When I started drinking whisky, about 15 years ago, we went straight from Glenfiddich 12 to Talisker 18 and Caol Ila 18. Let’s say I’ve never been sensible about whisky, or money. Anyway, back then this whisky made tremendous impact … Continue reading
Houses Tyrell, Greyjoy, Lannister, and the Night’s Watch
So, rather counterintuitively, I got excited by the Game of Thrones whiskies. Generally I steer clear of those highly marketed, media tie-in things, but in this case the media tie-in is something I was rather enthusiastic about. Of course, I … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish, Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker
Tagged Clynelish, Game of Thrones, Highlands, House Greyjoy, House Lannister, House Tyrell, Islay, Lagavulin, NAS, Oban, Skye, Talisker, The Night's Watch
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Peat Night 2018, at De Whiskykoning
It’s already been over a month, but a fond memory still. On the 9th of November we went all the way to Den Bosch for the annual Peat Night, or ‘Turfkoekhapavond’. It was an utter disaster to get there, as is … Continue reading
Posted in Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Octomore, Port Charlotte, Talisker
Tagged Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Diageo, Diageo Premium, Feis Ile, Islay, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Octomore, Port Charlotte, Skye, Talisker
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Three Year Old Deluxe, 49.2% – Compass Box
Compass Box have been quietly carrying on releasing whiskies of which I have bought none. At least, not after this three year old came out. I’m not entirely sure why that is because I generally love their releases, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Clynelish, Compass Box, Talisker
Tagged Clynelish, Compass Box, Highlands, Islands, Skye, Talisker
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Talisker 8 marks the return of a giant
Tom van Engelen wrote another one of his sort-of-bi-weekly posts on a bottle he found in his collection. Or at least, something that sparked his interest and urge to ramble on a bit! This time, he tried the new Talisker … Continue reading
Posted in - Guest Post, Talisker
Tagged Carbost, Diageo, Diageo Premium, Guest Post, Highlands, Islands, Skye, Talisker, Tom van Engelen
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Talisker Dark Storm, 45.8%
Talisker is releasing a lot of NAS whiskies nowadays. And by a lot, I mean a lot. Especially if you realize it’s only one brand in a pool of many. It started about a decade ago with the Talisker 57 … Continue reading
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