Talisker 25 Year Old | Sea Chest | Special Releases 2007Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 58. 1% The 2007 Special Release of Talisker 25 year old initially sold slowly (how mad is that in retrospect, it's a stunning whisky!). Owners Diageo repackaged a load of the stock in these fancy gift packs to try and shift it faster. These were terrific releases that showed off Talisker in all its full strength glory. Massively peppery, salty, coastal and medicinal with a beautiful smoky,

this 21-year-old Bushmills is labelled as 'Matured in Three Woods'

The 2012 Special Release of the increasingly hard to obtain but brilliant single malt that is Brora is up there with the best

expect oysters

The still was safely returned to the distillery shortly after the event and 25 years on

Combine this with the truly old style pre-war production methods and the out of this galaxy quality of the sherry casks they were using

Chapter One

fig and passionfruit

Palate: Stewed fruits

These current batches are back up to terrific again

If you've never tasted the brilliance that is pre-war

Bottles Produced 568

boisterous Islay whisky at its best and one of the more potent expressions of Bowmore out there