Review – Diageo Special Release 2013 Talisker 27 Years Old 1985 56.1%

Drink Talisker whisky in Malaysia

Looking to drink Talisker whisky in Singapore? This sample of Diageo Special Release 2013 Talisker 27 Years Old 1985 56.1% was drunk during the inaugural Whisky Lah! whisky festival held at The Gasket Alley located at Lot 15, Jalan 13/6, Section 13, 46200, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia on 7 September 2024.

What does Talisker whisky taste like? This Diageo Special Release 2013 Talisker 27 Years Old 1985 56.1% bottling tastes like:

Nose: pleasant fierce and fumey peat, soy sauce umami

Palate: savoury coastal saline, thick sourish honey, potent well fleshed out vegetal peat

What do we think of this bottle of Talisker whisky?

Personally, a fantastic dram of Talisker with all the true blue Talisker characteristics, although showing much more older distillate character. This time, the peat was not characteristically light, which we normally find in recent Taliskers. I’ve received some remarks that this dram was a bit off, which could have been from the bottle being opened for quite a while.

Where can you get Talisker whisky by the glass in Singapore?

You can buy Talisker whisky by the dram from The Swan Song, such as this bottle pictured above. There are old and rare vintage bottlings like the Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask Talisker Tactical 26 Years Old 1974 and the Talisker 27 Year Old 1993 by The Hart Brothers. There are also original bottlings like the Talisker 175th Anniversary Limited Edition 45.8% pictured above and special releases from Diageo like the Diageo Special Release 2019 Talisker 15 Years Old.

Other Diageo Special Release 2013 Talisker 27 Years Old 1985 56.1% Reviews

Check out this Whiskybase listing of the Diageo Special Release 2013 Talisker 27 Years Old 1985 56.1%, where we rated the bottle 87 points!

Serge from WhiskyFun rated this bottle 92 points. This may have been an off sample indeed.