Bottle Profile
Type	Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries)
Distillery	Talisker
Bottler	Official Bottling
Brand Name	Talisker
Alcohol By Volume	45.8%
Issued	2011*
Average Score	83

Maniac Ratings
Johannes van den Heuvel	85
Robert Karlsson	83
Konstantin Grigoriadis	79
Ho-cheng Yao	85
Craig Daniels	84
Krishna Nukala	80
Rich Howard	84
David Wankel	80
Oliver Klimek	81
Ralf Mitchell	89

Retired Maniac Ratings
Keith Wood	85

Tasting Notes
Robert Karlsson	Attractive sweet fruits. Some marmelade. A bit of eucalyptus. Faint smokiness? Probably not. Nice. The sweet fruits dominates. And hm, not much more? Still so easy to drink.
Craig Daniels	Tasted blind 23/5/12 Nose: Sweet, fruity, some ointment, obvious spirit prickle, some smoked meat and vegemite/marmite Palate; fruity then leather and tar, some earthiness. Finish: sweet then dry with a slight hint of cellophane and ethyl acetate. Didn't think it was Talisker, sweeter than usual with no obvious pepperiness. Still very moreish
Rich Howard	moderate peat smoke, maybe some peanut oil, with an undercurrent of sweet cream, then some soft caramel candies. the palate is smoky sweet, quite sweet actually, with rice pudding and also some sake, plenty of toasted oak on the finish. a drop of water seems to "round out" and integrate the smoky and sweet notes on the nose, slightly less smoky now, and slightly more sweet, more on plain vanilla now, and just a hint of fresh gauze in the background. the reduced palate is a bit less smoky and a bit more diffuse, a bit more sea water in there now, and most of the rice pudding is gone. summary: a quality smoky maritime dram, nicely sweet, to enjoy without water. [tasted blind for the 2011 Awards]