Tastes

Widely recommended by many, award winner, i have been looking forward to finally tasting the 18yo expression of my favorite distillery. And even if i recognize it as the wonderful dram it is, i WOULD NOT BUY IT, and i am going to tell you guys why. Amber color, classic talisker abv on this one: 45.8%. The nose is like every other talisker: Peat, Spice, Salt, Not diferent from talisker 10yo at first. Then a Creamy vanilla and Herbal note appear. Nice but nothing new (here is where it lost the 3 points). On the palate is so smooth that it is like if you where drinking water: Peppery, Orange, Caramel with spices nothing else but it doesn't need more. Smoothest talisker ever. Finish is spectacular: ashy, smoky aboslutely balanced; salty, ginger. It is exactly the Classic 10yo talisker but smoother, that is the only difference and i don't think it is enough for you to pay 2.5 times the price of the 10yo or the storm. Neverheless, this is a 97 over 100 still making Talisker the god of whisky brands. Slainte!!

Incredible whisky. Instant favorite. I was saving it because i knew it was going to blew my mind, and it did. Very pleasant on the nose, you get plum, mango, a slight touch of vanilla and smoke notes. Very penetrating aroma, with character. On the palate it is even better, with a full powerful flavor, full of caramel, barbecue, dark chocolate, almonds and pepper; the finish is long and strong, filled with smoke. Such a lovely lovely lovely dram.

Man, i picked a jewel for my 250th Whisky and for a new year's eve dram. It is no mystery that Talisker is my favorite brand, and this, was remarkable. Bottled at 45.8%abv, a classic Talisker measure. Tawny color, angel touched. On the nose it was fantastic. On the palate it was fantastic. The aftertaste was fantastic. The balance was fantastic. End of the review, 100 points. Ok, ok... i will do it properly. It is a 394$ bottle. Neist point is very much alike for $173. That is the only bad thing about it. Nose: Blackberry marmalade meets peat. Meat, Leather (the mythical leather note from old, matured whiskies). Jam, lots of it. English sauce and a caramel/honey note. Amazing. Palate: Has a sweetness in the back, very pleasant. Explosive pepper. So smoky! I can swear smoke comes out your throat like having a cigarrette. Aftertaste: Salt finish, leather. so complex and pleasant. Incredible dram. A 100 over 100 is my score, a very fair one. Everywhere i look for reviews on this one they agree on the perfect score. It is nlt the best whisky ever, but it sure gets close to it. Slainte! Happy new year!

If i had to pick two whisky brands as the most impressive, solid, great in every bottle, i would definitively pick Dalmore and Talisker. Talisker storm is by far, the best Talisker i have ever tasted (and i have had the 10yo, the skye and the dark storm). As soon as it hits your tongue you know you have found everything you will ever need in your life again. Bottled at 45.8%abv, with an old gold color. On the nose, the typical Talisker from the Island of Skye. PEAT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. That talisker signature peatyness takes control, letting you have a little bit of salt, gas water, pepper and Burnt meat. On the palate is simply one of the greatest whiskies i have ever had. Sweet and Salty, starts with toffee or caramel to change into a peppery peaty flavor. The finish is eternal with a solid note of RUBBER. Yeah, rubber or leather. Incredible. Overall i give this monster of dram a 99 over 100 (nose lost 1 point), and for the price of 45 dollars, you should go get it RIGHT ABOUT NOW. SLAINTÈ!!!

My second cask strenght ever comes from my favorite brand, AND WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE IT WAS. Talisker 57° North is bottled at 57%abv and it is a bomb. Best with a couple drops of water. Bottled at 57%abv, with a deep copper color. On the nose is classic talisker and the high abv doesn't hurt your capability to percieve the aromas. Pepper, Raw meat, english sauce, salt and oregano. On the palate is POWERFUL but spectacular: Red fruits for a second, then a Spice bomb, lots of smoke. Hints of orange and almonds here and there. Finish is strong, long, smoky and spicy. Adding just 2 drops of water will reveal Earthy note on the nose and the same aroma but enhanced. On the palate it will improve a lot: Lemon, tangerine and orange syrup sweetness amazing. Spicyness all over. Red fruit pulp and toffee. Finish still very smoky and spicy too strong. One dram and i Asked if the air conditioner was turned off. POWERFUL. Overall i give this dram a 97 over 100. Great whisky.

We just started may 2019 and i think we have one of the whiskies that will be on my top 3 of the year. Such an incredible dram, it was terrific. And i learned my lesson: i had only a sample which i share with a friend; after we tasted it, i was so pissed for sharing it, since i found out there was only 5670 bottles ever made AND YOU CANT FIND THEM ANYMORE. SO I LOST 2 WHOLE SIPS ON THIS BEAUTY FOR BEEN A GOOD FRIEND. lol. Bottled at 55%, this whisky has been matured for 8 years in sherry casks, and then it was finished in Sassicaia red wine casks from Tuscany. I have never heard of Sassicaia before, but now i will never forget about it. On the nose: perfect. Coffee, Orange jam. Sherried. Orange candy. Grass. Mint. Heather. Pineapple And Red fruits appear after first sip. On the palate: When i first tasted it, it was this instant reaction of "WOW". Chocolate milk. Dulce de leche. Coffee and Almonds. Waffer (actually it tastes just as a sweet snack that exists only in Ecuador called "Tango"). Orange. Super thick body. And to end this description, it tastes just like a dessert that is called "Mil hojas" in spanish. Well i looked it up on google and it is called "mille feuille" which is a french word that is applied to english. Look it up for yourselves and you will say: "oh, i have tasted that". Aftertaste is heaven. Smoky beautiful finish with some spiciness. I reallu dont care which spice is, but it is amazing. Overall this is a 100 over 100 dram, impossible to get (actually you can buy samples in Master of Malt) and if you ever find a bottle, please invite me. Sláinte!

Not everyday you get the opportunity to taste a luxury Macallan. Even if i have declared myself as "not a fond fan" of this distillery, i got to say i was pretty excited about drinking this whisky. Macallan Folio #2 is the second part of a 24 series of special Macallan Whiskies that conmemorate one of the most successful publicity campaigns of this distillery. I had the chance to taste it in the bar inside of the distillery, just a few meters far from the copper pot stills. Fancy bar, fancy whisky. Actually, it was amazing. Later i search for it and guess what? Its super expensive. Goes from 900 to 3000 depending on the store. Ok, lets rate it! Bottled at 43%abv, chesnut color. Beautiful vintage-like bottle (it was actually released on 2017, only 2000 bottles were ever made. On the nose: Almonds, Maraschino cherries, Tobacco, Strawberry marmalade, Red fruits, Orange syrup, Brown sugar, Old caramel. Takes some time to develop, let it breath. Some lemon notes also appear after first sip. Wonderfully complex, this is what a fancy dram should offer. On the palate, Red fruits, Orange peel. Very smooth even if it feels a little watery, but mostly cherry maraschino syrup but watered down. Really great. Aftertaste is outstanding. Finish is lovely, comes out of nowhere. Its like burning hay. Smoky, Tobacco, Brown grass finish. Very pleasant. The mouthfeel is just something else. This is a wonderful dram, and maybe i don't give it the perfect score just because of the price and my own prejudices, but it is really, really good. 97 over 100, i would recommend it but it is a little absurd because of the difficulty to find it. Sláinte!

I have finally opened one of my "really wonderful" bottles, and i did it because my wife is pregnant with my first child; And after 19 weeks we found out it is going to be a baby boy! (A milk Critic!) So i asked my wife to select a bottle i should drink (not one drop for her) and she picked the Glendronach 1993, Single Cask, Sherry Butt, 52.4% abv, Cask 401. And it was superb. Like one of the best whiskies ever. Very much alike the Glendronach i got to bottle at their distillery. So sweet, so perfect. Ok, lets do this: On the nose: perfect. Cherries at first. Superb chocolate, hazelnut, almonds, winey, coffee beans, dulce de leche, milk powder, chocolate milk powder, waffer, and after a few sips an orange caramel appears. Just amazing. It is a fancy chocolate bar. On the palate is outstanding. Very sweet with a touch of bitterness. Chocolate, waffer, dulce de leche, chocolate powder, Millefeuille. Aftertaste is just out of this world. It is spicy but chocolaty, oak spice, chocolate, ginger infusion to your mouth, a very slight salt note, like one small salt grain, it is madness made whisky. Overall this just might be the best whisky ever made. It is said that 1993 was the best year for glendronach and it is easy to know why. You should grab any expression of that year and enjoy it. Don't share it, NOBODY DESERVES THIS MORE THAN YOU, AND YOU ALONE. 100/100 SLAINTE MHATH!!!

Absolutely amazing. Superb. Fantastic. I have heard the legends of the greatest irish whiskey of them all, the Redbreast, but i have never tried one before. In a tasting event, i made myself with a couple drams of this baby. It blew my mind. Lets start with something, my favorite whisky to this date is the glenmorangie signet. This one is its twin brother. Bottled at a fabulous 59.9%abv, is the darkest dram i have met so far. Almost treacle color. Maybe brown sherry color. I know i am writing a lot here, but spare me, when i find a jewel i like to share it. All irish whiskies are distilled thrice. Single pot still whiskey is a style of Irish whiskey made by a single distillery from a mixed mash of malted and unmalted barley distilled in a pot still. On the nose is perfect. A dessert: LOTS OF CHOCOLATE. Coffee. Cocoa. Cocoa powder (formula) to make cocoa milk. Impalpable sugar. Dulce de leche. It is the end of the world as we know it. On the palate is also amazing. Prunes. Chocolate. Brown sugar. Burnt caramel. Butterscotch. The finish is short. It is my only critic. It lost two points for this, leaving it with a final score of 98 over 100, BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THE FINISH WHEN YOU HAVE HAD THIS SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE, LETS JUST GIVE IT THE PERFECT 100 OVER 100. SLAINTE MHATH!

This is not the same review of the present Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo, this one is from a 1990's bottle or early 2000's; the shape of the bottle is actually different, very rectangular while the present bottle is "kinda rounded". The abv of this one is exactly the same, 53.5%abv, but the aromas and flavors are different. Which one is better? Lets see.... On the nose: Metalic; Copper note, typical of Pappy's bourbons. Banana, Prunes. Stinky metal. Steel. Slight cherry notes. Vanilla; After first sip spent matches and Brown sugar notes appear. Very interesting. On the palate: Banana, Spice pepper, Vanilla but very Refined. Burning Hay smoke. Aftertaste is excelent. Vanilla, Banana split, ice cream. Spices like Wasabi and Metalic notes. Overall this is also a great bourbon whiskey, but in comparison to the present one is a little different, and i prefer the one from this days. 97 out of 100, great whiskey.