this is not a review per se, but I have been doing a little
internet island hopping while sipping my usual small cut glass tumbler filled
about two fingers deep - with maybe a refill coming up - of 'Talisker's
10 year old, that I just opened. it is one of my all-time favorites and
someday, lottery willing, I will be trying one of the pricey many years
old of the same distillery but for now this truly outstanding 10 year old malt
shows its real strengths compared with some of the fine blended malts that I
have favored for a while due to cost considerations - the smoothness of this
lovely coloured drink lets the bite of the nicely higher alcohol content - 45.8
% ABV - do its job without destroying the abundance of flavours in the
background - to me that means a mildly – almost a perfect mildly - sweet honey
flavoured peat smoke to tease my tongue
with the antiqueness of a rich browny background of an old pub that I visited
once in Ireland and finishing with a quiet calm day at a kelp covered beach
with the faint iodine flavours giving savour to the day – then the finish of
this great whisky comes on as you breathe in the peppery last notes for the
longest time – there is no argument against Michael’s 90 rating – unless perhaps
you want to move it a tad farther toward a strong 92 norvellhimself
