Talisker 30 Years Old

Made by the Sea

700ml / 45.8%

Single Malt

$1249

A Skye malt from Talisker, a 30 year old, from the distillery, at 45.8%. Smoky and briny, all sea brine, smoke and black pepper. Oily, maritime and warming. A bold Island malt from Carbost. Skye’s most famous whisky. A coastal Island single malt. The chilli catch of Talisker. Smoke over a salty, oily body. A rugged dram from the Cuillin coast.

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SKU TSK064 Categories Islands, Scottish Whisky, Talisker, Whiskey Brand: Talisker

Description

An official Talisker single malt, aged 30 year old and bottled at 45.8%. Only 3912 bottles were released. Talisker was founded in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill at Carbost on the Isle of Skye; it is the oldest working distillery on the Isle of Skye. Talisker is made by the sea, its character drawn from the wild Skye coast.

The spirit was made in tall pot stills with purifier loops and worm tubs, from medium peated malt, for a smoky, oily, peppery spirit. A refill American oak cask held it, keeping the peppery character to the fore. Decades leave it deep and oxidative, mellow smoke and tropical fruit with a faint brine. Long maturation softens the peat into a mellow smoke over the maritime spirit. Medium peated malt from Glen Ord gives the smoke, the water from the Hawk Hill springs. After a stillhouse fire in 1960, the five stills were rebuilt as exact replicas. The distillery faces the water across to the hills of Skye.

At an easy 45.8% it is gentle and briny. A smoky, briny depth with a chilli catch sit over light oak sweetness beneath the peat. It is rich and smoky, the brine and oak well matched. Pepper and sea salt see out a long finish. This is the wild maritime malt of Skye.