Talisker 45-year-old

Nose - salty, sweet smoke, wax, citrus, Honey and vanilla Taste - friuty, waxy, honey, fresh lime salty and oak char. Very elegant Finish - very loooong, very maritime and dark roasted oak Wow ! This is Exceptional

Is this where we are now for any whisky of great age new to the market? £100 for every year in the cask? We could have a great discussion about the merits of that one. It sounds lovely, whether you can actually get a sample to try first , I think we can safely say will be difficult. You can do but try. :)

If you had to describe everything you want in a whisky… this comes damn close! What a balance. What complexity. That nose... those flavors... that aftertaste... I'm still enjoying it!

Very drinkable, no water needed. Sweet apple, iodine, chili pepper caramel, char, smoke and salt.

Good Value tasted it at a fair, best whisky i've ever tasted

Salted toffee, chili, iodine, subtle coastal smoke, candied citrus, pretty good though very much driven by the heavily charred oak

Great whisky, but we couldn't find any Talisker at first. After pouring a 45-year-old Glenburgie beside it, the Talisker profile came out from hiding.

I was allowed to try this exceptional malt as a blind sample. First I have to say that I would have thought of a Highland distillery, an old Clynelish or Old Pulteney but never, ever a Talisker. I actually don't particularly like Talisker. :) But this malt is simply great. I would like to agree almost entirely with markjedi1's conclusion, he describes the fireworks wonderfully. What I noticed very positively is the salty-peppery note at the start on the tip of the tongue. And the long, balanced, spicy, fresh finish. A masterpiece! Thanks to my LocalDealer for giving me this honor and joy.

Nose: Fresh earth, iodine, tropical fruits, citrus, flavored tobacco smoke, gummy bears. The aroma is dense and biting, with juniper smoke, curing smoke, baked apples, tart green apples, multivitamin notes, sparkling fruit wine, and blackberries. Palate: Licorice, marzipan, vanilla ice cream, iodine, a significant charred note, and dry tones. Charred potato skin, grilled tropical fruits, and multivitamin undertones. Finish: Extremely long. Toffee, tar, iodine, gooseberry, currant, papaya, mango, grapefruit, scorched pudding, and fudge.

Golden color. Slight oiliness.

Ice Fractured Casks Diageo launches the third and oldest Talisker ever bottled in the so-called Xpedition Oak range. You can find more details on my previous blog post, but in short: twelve heavily charred barrels were exposed to sub-zero temperatures for 4 days, without lids, on a Canadian glacier, causing the staves on the inside to crack. Well, 45 degrees below zero, you could pay for less. 'Ice Fractured Casks', they call it. After the barrels were returned to Scotland, the malt was finished, which is now marketed as Talisker Glacial Edge as a 45-year-old. It is another collaboration with the non-profit environmental organization Parley for the Oceans. I went into seclusion for a few hours for this. It is perhaps also one of the darkest Talisker malts I have had in the glass. As for that glass: for this noble liquid I took out my Vesl 'The Professional' again. Waxy, elegant and seductive nose of sandalwood, salt crystals, a forest in full winter after it has just snowed softly, supplemented with beautiful notes of stone fruit, juicy oranges and grapefruit. Toasted oak. Maritime squared. Vanilla. Almond shavings. Hints of seaweed and even a touch of ship's rope and peat. What is the superlative of complex? More complex? Oh, god, that first sip... it makes me speechless. Again waxy, but this time with a nice touch of menthol and soft peat, before some salt and pepper enter and the well-known and beloved distillery character (say Talisker Trinity) appears. It quickly becomes surprisingly but very pleasantly sweet on toffee and candied orange peels. The taste sensation is intense, to say the least. The balance is almost perfect. Virtually forget. Even after almost half a century of rest, this malt is very much alive. It dances on the tongue, thanks to the pepper that keeps getting spicier. Well? What is the superlative of complex? Super complex? The aftertaste is wonderfully long and waxy, with sweet versus salty lingering while the smoke development keeps your mouth satisfyingly warm. Nice and maritime, you know. Exactly what I expect from a Talisker and so much more. Extra complex? Uber complex? Superior complex? I give up. Sensational! I was ready to make some sarcastic comments about the whole ice fractured casks story and how Diageo's marketing machine wants to seduce us with their storytelling, but I just can't. This malt thrills me. Cold is my world, it is snow in my heart, there is ice on the whites of my eyes. Noble. Made by the sea, activated by ice! Unfortunately, the price tag is correspondingly high. Even if this Talisker is 45 years old; Few people are willing to spend around EUR 5,300 on a bottle of whisky. Therefore, a big thank you to Diageo for the sample. Because we can say whatever we want about this release, it is simply one of the tastiest malts I have ever tasted in general and for me the best Talisker ever in particular. Hallelujah!

The smell is very waxy, perfume-like, pink pepper, and the entrance also has the feeling of blown out candles, but the spicy feeling is obvious in the second half of the entrance, and it is slightly flat, lacking complexity.

The Talisker 45 Years Glacial Edge is a masterpiece, regardless of any cask trickery.

Regardless of the gimmicks, this one still tastes great. Waxy, herbal, honeyed fudge, candied citrus, black pepper, the finish turns salty, bringing in some blown out candles and toasted applewood. Pleasure is adequate, variation is slightly less.

a myriad of elegant notes. Soft smoke, wax candles, fresh citrus and hints of ripe fruits in the distance

Very much reminiscent of the modern day Talisker 18 in terms of flavour profile (classic salt, citrus, butter, honey and wax) with additional layers of depth and density (oranges, oysters, toffee). A stellar dram.

Best thing ever