Talisker Select Reserve (Game of Thrones-House Greyjoy)

Decent smoky notes first scotch.

Très correct, légèrement fumé. Je préfère le Storm

Super soft on tongue, mellow and nice. Smoky after taste takes it's sweet damn time to leave.

★★★★ Enfin de la fumée... Ah Talisker, cette distillerie sur l'île de Skye. Je dois dire que c'est probablement exactement ce que je m'attendais pour le whisky de la maison Greyjoy. Quelque chose de rocailleux, de tourbé, de malsain. On aime. C'est un peu comme passer une soirée sur une plage de galets autour d'un feu de camp.

Tonight's Whisky of the day comes from the great Talisker Distillery out of the Isle of Skye in Scotland and was part of the GOT releases from Diageo. This was probably the most sought after bottle in the collection with an SRP of $44.99 but selling on the secondary market for north of $300. Fortunately Diageo decided to re-release it and it is now readily available. It enters pretty softly for a Talisker but the notes are all classic Talisker! Grilled fruits, campfire smoke and sea salt, with a hint of iodine. Finish is long with smoke, brine and more grilled fruits. A bit astringent and the sea salt lingers on the tongue. All in all a solid if slightly muted effort from Talisker. I definitely find the Storm and 10 year to be far more robust. Like the finale of GOT this dram leaves you wanting more and a bit underwhelmed. Cheers all!