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Talisker 10 Year
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
February 21, 2020 (edited March 2, 2021)
The pretty peachy gold colour is as enticing as the Germolene antiseptic aroma is alarming. It really does smell like something you should smear on a child’s grazed knee. With the first taste, though, the maritime flavours come roaring like a stove-in three-master in a gale. Kippers? Check. Pear drops? Check. A mouthful of mossy peat dotted with bog berries? Er, check. Doesn’t sound inviting, does it? But wafting through it all is this damp, salty sea breeze that is so encompassing and evocative you just have to love it. Now to try the comparison with the 57 North...
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