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Talisker Storm Reviews
Tasting Notes
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Tasting Notes by Tim F
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Nose:
Rich and unexpectedly honeyed initially. Then some pleasing singed oaky notes and bandagey aromas. Now bonfire smoke comes through. There even seems to be some milk chocolate and appley fruit lurking in the rear. Everything in place; all very promising.
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Palate:
Medium-full, the usual Diageo polished mouthfeel, with initial honey and then a very decent dose of hot smoke. The oak is there too, with vanilla and some (actually quite polite) peppery spices. The young whisky component is well-masked and the whole is rather more restrained in terms of mouthfeel than I expected, but the flavour intensity is, in my opinion, unarguably greater than the standard Talisker 10, which to be honest I have found surprisingly tame of late. Gets sweeter towards the death as the pepper lingers, counterpointed with unexpected sweet fruit and even a note of strawberry liquorice which somehow works very well.
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Finish:
Woody and spicy without becoming bitter. Good length. Sweetness returns at the death.
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Comment:
As a NAS malt, perhaps this isn't one for the purists - but as a good-quality drinking whisky in its price range, it probably deserves to be.
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Tasting Notes by Billy A
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Nose:
Salty (as you'd hope), with lime and orange peels, touches of mud and pine, damp blankets, woody spice and some caramel sweetness hiding underneath. Behind all of it is a layer of woody smoke, maybe with a few leaves thrown onto the fire for good measure.
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Palate:
Sweet and syrupy up front, quickly followed by ferns and bitter woody bark in a bit of a balancing act. Riding along with that is prickly white pepper, rock pool brine, a touch of sweet fruit and a nice waxiness. Again behind everything, standing a little separate but waving at all of the other flavours is woody smoke - beach bonfires and pungent peat.
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Finish:
Warm and peppery with some sweet dark wood.
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Comment:
Does what it says on the tin - regular Talisker (salty, smoky and a little bit sweet) turned up a bit (saltier, smokier and a little bit sweeter in places). Unlike the hypothetical NAS whiskies that many people seem to fear (and which generally haven't appeared) this doesn't taste like it's hiding younger spirit behind a flashy label - it's a nice whisky, even if it won't set your world on fire.
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Producer's Tasting Notes
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Nose:
At first restrained yet spicy, with a hint of struck matches; fresh-clean and growing in complexity like a gathering storm to reveal a honeyed sweet maltiness with ripe red berry fruit. Eventually a little well integrated mellow smoke drifts across the scene as a wild sea turns up briny, fresh clean notes, and an oily explosion of pepper.
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Body:
Medium.
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Palate:
At first sweetly mellow and rich in the mouth then quickly very spicy and increasingly stormy as the Talisker heat comes through. It’s as if the pure, tongue-coating sweetness joins hands with a deep nutty smokiness to embrace those spicier notes. The flavour is elegantly drawn out with a good balance between sweetness, smoke and salt, which is all the more evident when a little water is added.
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Finish:
Clean and of medium length, warming, with a lasting, smooth aftertaste, in which late peaty burnt embers can be found.
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102 Customer Reviews
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Best smoky whisky I have ever tasted
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Absolutely loved it! Was given a bottle for our 20th wedding Anniversary – I certainly wasn’t disappointed.
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It was amazing. My preferred way to drink this is either neat, or with two ice cubes, in a nice glass in order to enjoy the complexity in flavors and truly appreciate it for what it is – amazing Scotch!
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A bold Scotch from the Isle of Skye. A bit like drinking the fresh burning hull of a shipwreck, drizzled with orange zest. For the money, it’s a bargain. However, a warning that the flavor and smoke lingers in your mouth quite a while.
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Was given to me as a gift over Christmas. My first sip caused me to go back to the packaging to see more details. Very smooth for it’s age with a very light warm finish. It is the perfect dram for the end of a long day.
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Worst Scotch I've ever had..
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Got a bottle of this for my birthday today. Don't have a lot of experience with scotch, but it's good. Nicely complex, bit of an ocean flavor (though some of that could be me being primed to expect an ocean flavor due to the theming and packaging). Was on sale for $15, and at that price, I'd certainly recommend it! It's not worth full price for me personally, but if you're someone big into whiskey, it might be for you.
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Picked a bottle of this up in Asda for ?33, fairly pleased with the product and I think the price is reasonable. Taste: Big on the Talisker trademark; smoky, briny and peppery with a lingering sweet bitterness in the background. Now, with regards to the price/special editions status of this whiskey, it is young; clearly. However I will give Talisker a pass on this one, this edition is more spiky and lively that the 10 year old. Different product, different experience and it stands out on its own...45/8% ABV! Great!
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Don't get suckered into this whisky – avoid buying unless you can find it deservedly on sale for $40 bucks or so. Just like Oban Little Bay, you want to like a scotch from a reputable distillery, but these no-age-statement special editions aren't nearly as good as the standard releases. This is an obviously-young whisky with the Talisker trademarks. There's too much alcohol bur – if I paid $60-70 bucks for this, I'd be pretty miffed. It's interesting to check out if it's cheaply available, but you might as well just buy the 10 year if it's at the same price. Might be interesting to taste this in an old fashioned or something.
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This tastes like a bandaid soaked in vodka.
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Very nice. A sip of it brings you back to Scotland
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Totally delightful...
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Very good
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Best single malt smoky whisky tasted - leaves you with a feeling of pleasure from the smell to the taste to the afters.
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Tried last night and it was really pleasant . Not too overwhelming for 45.8 Vol. whisky.
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Sweet salty smoky pepper this stuff is NAS? Tastes better than the 10 year old to me! Significantly. Is it less delicate and balanced than the 10? Maybe. But I'll be damned if it isn't deeper, fuller and more flavorful. This is Talisker, through and through. If you're here rating it a one star because you've never tasted remotely smoky whisky before, stick to Jack and Coke - and don't rate things you don't understand.
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I tend to like smoke and pepper and so was pleased with finding that. Combined with sweet fruit, salt, oak and caramel the flavors bled into each other well; making me wonder what, and if a blend, the ages of the blends are used to create this. Very good.
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This is quite possibly the most overwhelming Single Malt ever to fill a glass. While I am by no means an expert, I never thought I would see such regard for this bottle. The flavor is simply that of burned wood, I imagine this is what the tar on your backyard grill would tast if it where whisky. At little sweet on the approach, this has been described (by my friends) as nauseating to drink. I have tried to serve this to guests several times. Not one person has finished a glass. So if you live in the Chicago area, the bottle is yours. Please, please take it.
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Unfortunately I left it to the last minute to buy a bottle of Talisker for Burns night. I was confronted with a choice of either Sky or Storm, having previously drunk the triple distilled version I wasn't familiar with either option. I opted for the Sky version and was presented with a whisky that was very, very poor. It was unlike any Talisker I have drunk before, very disappointed.
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The ideal Breakfast Scotch ;)
