Bright golden colour — rich and sweet with toffee and floral honey, joined by savoury medicinal peat smoke
Peat smoke first with medicinal and peppery notes, earthy with damp seaweed, moss and mineral edge, wrapped around floral honey, toffee, golden syrup
Long and warming — peppery peat smoke dominates after sweet notes fade — Talisker pepper signature
Talisker Surge — travel retail Skye. Ex-bourbon only. NAS, 45.8%.
Honey and medicinal peat nose. Peppery peat palate with mineral edge. Long peppery finish. Classic Talisker DNA.
Surge earns a 7.5 — classic Talisker DNA delivered well at £85. Tasty and enjoyable but breaks no new ground for fans.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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