The Talisker Distillery is a Destillerie for whisky on the Isle OF Skye in Scotland. The Brennerei belongs to the liquor company dia. geo (formerly United Distillers), which whisky marketed as part of the Classic Malts series of the company.

History

The Talisker Distillery was created 1830 by the brothers MacAskill in the place Carbost on the bank hole of the Harport. After the death of the brothers Donald MacLennan took over the Destillerie, but since this no good businessman was, he went to J.R.W after few months bankruptcy. Anderson one took over the Destillerie, but the same fate overtook him. 1880 it was locked up because of fraud. It had sold still storing whisky, which was not at all present.

To the call of the Talisker caused this all however no damage. Thus Robert Louis Stevenson called the Talisker in a poem the king o `drinks.

The next owners had more luck. Alexander Grigor Allan, financial director from Morayshire and Roderick Kemp, wine and liquor dealer from Aberdeen, built the Destillerie, until them exhibited a production volume of 40.000 gallons per year.

1892 became Allan the exclusive owner. After his death the managers created the Talisker Distillery CO Ltd., which fused a little later with the Dailuaine Distillery to the Dailuaine Talisker Distilleries Ltd.

1900 were extended the Destillerie by a jetty, which made it for ships possible to put on with each water level. Furthermore became a small streetcar, which connected the manufacturing plants, and establishes houses for the employees.

1916 took over a consortium, to which also John Walker & Sons belonged, after the death of manager Thomas MacKenzie the majority of the shares. From this consortium 1925 the D.C.L developed. (Distillers Company Ltd.).

1928 changed the Brennerei over the production process from threefold burning to twice burning used this very day.

In November 1960 the manufacturing plant was destroyed by a fire. One of the valves was on spirit quietly left by inadvertence open number 1, before the combustion began. Since stills still with coal were heated at that time, the overflowing distillate caught fire and set the building in fire. 1962 was again developed the Destillen accurately after the original, in order to maintain the original taste of the whisky.

Until 1972 the Destille still had its own since she refers like most Scottish Brennereien the Malz of external producers (among other things the of Glen Ord).

Today the Destillerie belongs to United Distillers & Vinters Ltd., which belongs since 2002 to dia. geo.

Since the Isle OF Skye enjoys of large popularity with tourists, also the Talisker Destillerie adjusted itself to the tourism and offers guidance as well as Whiskyproben.

Production

The Talisker is a doubly distilled single paints. The manufacturing plant has five Destillen: Two wash-out stills and three spirit stills. Still condensing coils are used instead of modern Kondenser. Allegedly this provides for a fuller taste.

The used Malz is extremely torfig, the phenol content amounts to 25 parts by million (ppm). The water used for production flows likewise over peat, which continues to intensify the taste.

Products

Talisker - Classic paints, 10 years

Honors:

• Gold medal (international liquor competition 2005)
• Gold medal (international liquor competition 2004)
• "Best single paints under 12 years "(internationally Wine & Spirit Competition 2004)

Talisker - 18 years

Honors:

• Gold medal and "whisky of the yearly "(international liquor competition 2005)

Talisker - Distiller's edition

For this whisky second maturing in barrels takes place, in which the sweet Amoroso Sherry matured before. The barrels add the whisky with the storage a sweet one, which stands in interesting contrast to the pikanten note.

Honors:

• Silver medal (international liquor competition 2005)

Talisker - Special edition, 25 years

A further increase of the Whiskies offers the limited Special expenditure for edition, in which a 25-year old Talisker with 57,8% alcohol content is offered.

Blends and

Talisker is, like most Scottish Malts also a component of different Blended and Vatted paints Whiskies. The most well-known is dazzles Johnnie Walker, which by the Talisker owners dia. geo is manufactured. The very own taste of a Inselwhiskys is to affect only nuances the general taste adapted Blends. But also on the Isle OF Skye are two enterprises, which paint Poit Dhubh for the Vatted (expressed in approximately Potsch Dhu - "black pot ") and width unit Bheag paints the Blended nan Eilean (expressed into T wake nan Jellan - "the small lady of the islands ") Talisker whiskies most likely likewise uses. The composition of a Blended paints is often a well guarded secret, so that only conclusions are possible over the taste here. In Edinburgh Macleod & CO become from the dealers. dazzle with the name Isle OF Skye manufactured, which probably likewise contains Talisker. Also the Drambuie, whose tradition is still more closely with the island Skye connected than those of the Talisker, contains whisky from this Brennerei.

See also

• Whisky
• Single painting whisky
• List of the Scottish Brennereien
• Isle OF Skye

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