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Talisker 10

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Updated: Nov 6, 2020

I often wonder whether experiences that seem peculiar are in fact shared by everyone else. Have you ever tilted your head back and look at a blue sky with sparse velvety thick clouds, blinding rays through rustling leaves, tickling your pupils, with a distant symphony of chirps that hum a harmonious tune despite their disorder? And then you forget about yourself for a moment? Deep breath. And then you look down and see the trademark goose-neck bottle containing a liquid golden brown from a decade of soaking in a barrel's seasonal breath, written on it: Talisker 10. Isle of Skye.


A reminder for those reading through, these reviews are by amateurs for amateurs, a more down to earth and relatable experience than the high flung expert tastings we commonly find online and on the back of bottles. Something you can rely on to make decisions about which scotch you want in your cabinet. We've also got 5 pallets here, so you can trust that where we overlap is what you will likely get out of the scotch as well.


Simon's pick today. The gang is there to join him, Andy is drinking a screwdriver. Heavy on the vodka.


We sniff around. Simon gets peat and a little fruit, pear perhaps. Kyle mentions butterscotch. Scott gets a salty seaside note.


Everyone agrees on the peat and the light brine, fruits and butterscotch are one-offs.


We cheers.


Better than Kyle expected. The peat really comes through right away on the tongue like it did on the nose. It's not overwhelming though, by any of us's standards.


Scott gets a subtle seaweed, and a little more spice than he would like. Simon thinks the spice is there but mild. We agree on a subtle seaweed.


Kyle gets a nuttiness, no one else catches on to that.


Sean points to the oily mouthfeel, very nice.


Scott didn't get the pear on the nose, but it did come through on the tongue a little. We sort of get that too, to varying degrees.


Trevor mentions lemon, Simon gets a little tartness on the finish.


After looking up the flavor profile and seeing some mention of ''herbal'', something clicked with Simon. For him the main flavors of Talisker 10 are definitely peat and herbal. Everyone has a hard time to follow along at first, but once Sean mentions that it's akin to Jager, and Simon says that exactly it, they all follow suit in picking up that up.


Ratings. This is a mid-high price bottle, the most expensive one we've reviewed so far at C$110. We can all appreciate the unique flavor profile here, but none of us are really loving this one. We recommend that you try it at a bar or mooch off a friend. We've got Simon at 77, Trevor at 76, Kyle at 74, Sean at 72, and Scott at 64. We average out at 72.6


Cheers!

The S&P Crew.

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