Tag Archives: Talisker

Port & Peat bottle share wrap-up

The only thing I’ve got to do with the Bottle share whiskies of the Port & Peat theme I recently bought, sampled, handed over and tasted is decide which one is my favorite and finish the bottles (read: my own samples). … Continue reading

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Talisker Port Ruighe, 45.8%

The Talisker Port Ruighe (Portree) is named after the island’s capital town and to make the name a bit of a gimmick they also decided to finish the whisky in port casks. Apart from the town name and the ‘port’ … Continue reading

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Port & Peat – A small bottle share

A couple of years ago in a whisky magazine, I can’t remember which one, I read an article about port casks being the new sherry casks. The main reason behind this train of thought was that Port still pretty popular, … Continue reading

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Blind Tasting Competition 4 – Talisker 18, 45.8%

Talisker, Talisker, Talisker. I didn’t even consider it yesterday. I found a peaty dram that didn’t taste Islay enough to be from Islay, so it had to be Longrow. It had some ‘ocean’ flavours in it, so a dead giveaway. … Continue reading

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Diageo’s Premium releases for 2013

Through the magic that happens at Facebook I saw a post from CognisNews on my timeline. Never heard of them, but they had the scoop on Diageo’s releases for 2013. Thanks should also go to WhiskyIntelligence.com. Here is a short … Continue reading

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Three Taliskers (2/2)

The second batch of three Talisker whiskies and the second half of the tasting at the distillery. Without further ado: Talisker Distiller’s Edition 2012, 45.8% A batch release with, according to the tour guide, significant differences between batches. One is … Continue reading

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Three Taliskers (1/2)

During my visit to the Talisker distillery and the fact that our cottage was about 50 meters from the entrance to the visitor center, I was able to do the extensive tasting tour. The difference in the tour is, as … Continue reading

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Talisker distillery

The first half of our week on Skye we had a cottage right across from the Talisker distillery. My wife booked the cottage without checking Google Maps so I was kind of grateful I couldn’t be blamed for that. It … Continue reading

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Redistilled whisky

A while ago I blogged about a comparison between Lagavulin 16, and the same whisky when you distill it again. Take away all the colour and a lot of the goodness the wood added to the whisky, but I think … Continue reading

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