Whisky Forum - talisker skye

ralfy legend · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: talisker skye

Im not doing a tasting review yet but to those who have tasted the 10 and the new skye, is it me or is it very very similer? I tasted it today and thought the nose was the same and the taste also with salty spicy hits.. All the same totally enjoyed..

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1663

I still haven't tried the new Talisker Skye as i have a stock of the 10 year old in the cupboard. Interesting to hear you think they are very similar. Perhaps Diageo intend to take the 10 year old off shelves and replace it with Skye which is possibly just a 10 year old with a portion of young Talisker thrown in to bulk it out and stretch available stocks and profits.

ralfy legend · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:15 pm Post subject:

Im nowhere near as good as some on here but to me similer to me might be somebody elses totally different, im doing a taste comparison in august when on hols in england visiting a friend...ive only has two glasses so things could change..

drPete · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 4:30 pm Post subject:

I tried it at LHR last week. I found it very poor, a watered-down and young tasting *** poor imitation of what Talisker is all about.
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ralfy legend · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 5:02 pm Post subject:

I enjoyed but hey if your drinking bigger, stronger, more expensive whiskies then maybe you end up with that view, and we all are different and thats the fun of it all.

opelfruit · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 7:50 pm Post subject:

sorren · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 7:53 pm Post subject:

Have I not been saying this for ages lol

ralfy legend · Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:36 pm Post subject:

Im shocked to hear this... But hey ho...

Cuba · Master Of Malts Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 296

To me the Talisker Skye is like a watered down version of the Talisker 10 character although it is still the same 45.8% strength. It is one Talisker i wont be repeat buying and it is certainly not worth the price they are selling it at. Sadlly i do think they intend to replace the 10 year old on high street shop shelves with the Talisker Skye.

ralfy legend · Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 12:10 pm Post subject:

Can i ask to the ones who dont like it, are you smokers?? Im a non smoker and the skye is a liking to me, just trying to get my head round this

Cuba · Master Of Malts Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 296

I dont smoke and never have. I am not saying the Talisker Skye is a bad whisky, it is just not what i want and expect from Talisker, like a said it is like a watered down version of what i expect.

ralfy legend · Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 4:33 pm Post subject:

Cuba, do you like the 10?

TheWM · Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:19 pm Post subject:

Can't stand it myself. Gutted the 10 appears to be discontinued.

Next the 25 will be supercharged in price and out of reach for us mere mortals.

opelfruit · Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject:

As long as they keep churning out the 57 deg north at the quality and price it is I couldn't care what they did with the rest of the range Very Happy

to me that's the one that stands out the best.
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Alastair · Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:08 pm Post subject:

I wouldnt say the Talisker Skye is bad at all, it is different to the 10 and other existing Talisker expressions, compared with the 10 year old i would say it has less peat, it is sweeter and it still has a nice bit of pepper and sea salt although less than the 10.

It should be priced less than the 10 but it is priced around the same as the 10, i have no doubt this is because Diageo do intend to replace the 10 year old with the Talisker Skye.

Will i buy the Skye again, perhaps if it is on offer at a price closer to Â£20.