Talisker 30 Years Old

700ml / 45.8%

Single Malt

$1493

This Talisker, a 30 year old, from the distillery, at 45.8%. A maritime Skye malt, with sea spray, smoke and cracked pepper. Smoky, briny and well aged. Skye’s oldest, most famous distillery. A rugged dram from the Cuillin coast. Bold, smoky and unmistakable. Sea spray and a peppery warmth. A classic of Scotch whisky.

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SKU TSK068 Categories Islands, Scottish Whisky, Talisker, Whiskey Brand: Talisker

Description

An official Talisker single malt, a 30 year old and bottled at 45.8%. The outturn was 2964 bottles. Talisker, founded in 1830 by the MacAskill brothers by Loch Harport, beneath the Cuillin hills, is a Diageo Classic Malt. The tall wash stills carry U shaped lyne arms with purifier pipes, and the spirit runs into worm tubs.

It was drawn off stills whose looped lyne arms and worm tubs build a rich, oily spirit, from peated malt, for a smoky, coastal spirit with a chilli kick. Ex-Bourbon casks held the spirit, soft oak that lets the peat and pepper lead. Decades leave it deep and oxidative, mellow smoke and tropical fruit with a faint brine. Coastal warehousing gives the malt its mineral, sea spray lift. The unusual two wash and three spirit still set up is a relic of triple distillation, dropped in 1928. An old visitors book records guests calling since the turn of the last century.

At 45.8% it is balanced and peppery. A maritime smoke with a peppery bite sit over a gentle vanilla under the smoke. A maritime salt and a chilli warmth give it real punch. The finish is deep, oily and peppery. This is the maritime malt made by the sea on Skye.