Founded: 1830 (ESTABLISHED FACT) Location: Carbost, Isle of Skre, Scotland (Islands region) Founder: Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill
Founded in 1830 by the MacAskill brothers on the shore of Loch Harport, Skye. Talisker is the oldest distillery on Skye and is known for a maritime, peppery, lightly peated character. Talisker uses traditional worm tub condensers, contributing to its full-bodied, meaty spirit. Part of Diageo’s Classic Malts. (source: Wikipedia)
Signature style: Maritime, peppery, smoky — sea salt, black pepper, smoke, chili catch, oyster-shell salinity.
Famous expressions: Talisker 10 Year, Talisker Distillers Edition, Talisker 18 Year, Talisker Port Ruighe.
Trivia: Robert Louis Stevenson famously praised Talisker in his 1880 poem “The Scholar Gypsy,” calling it “the king o’ drinks.” — ESTABLISHED FACT