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05Q2 - TALISKER 10 2nd Edition [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bluff |
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Similar nose to Talisker 10, old packaging (peat, smoke, sea) |
Full! |
Not as alcoholic on first glance, but later draws a similar punch |
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Despite the thread on whiskymag.com suggesting differently, I could not tell enough of a difference between the newer release and the older packaged release. Any differences might be due to normal variations in the cask/bottlings. |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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Bop |
Atypical |
Somewhat less smoke than I expected |
Direct |
Darker than 1st edition...could be due to aging in new or different casks |
A little warm |
Seems to be a kinder, gentler Talisker 10...not exactly what I want from a Talisker, btw. |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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Irving |
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Light smoke--not as alcoholy as Talisker 10 First Edition |
Rugged |
Hot, medium peat |
Lingering heat |
Peppery vichyssoise is a nice pallette cleanser between the two Talisker tastings |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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02Q1 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bluff |
Gold |
Whiff some smoke, caramel notes |
Medium |
Peppery, saline |
Dry, long |
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Bop |
Brownish/Gold dark |
Pretty, delicate |
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Peppery - its best feature |
Some tongue-buzz, warming |
Skye is known for its mountainous (Caillins) peat is gabbro.
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Centennial |
Bronze, Regal |
Iodine, pungent |
medium |
Warm, soothing, comfortable |
Woody, pepper |
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Cyclone |
Yellow-orange, Cinnamon |
Iodine, pungent with apple hints |
Consistent solid young, Jessica Alba |
fierce smokey peat fest |
lingering and aggressive |
Nose changes and evolves each time I take it in. Very interesting.
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Irving |
Medium brown with reddish hue |
medium smoke, light esthers, maple syrup. Great. |
Mature for a 10 yr. |
dry, salty, peppery |
lingers, light soap |
"note to self: pull this out from back of scotch cabinet"
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Lakeview |
Dark gold |
Salt toffee - cream, smoke |
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Peppery |
Warm, Smooth, touch of pepper |
"Yes sir, may I have another!"
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Tao |
Chewey caramel |
Bits of the sea |
Drew Barrymore (Round but prickly edges) |
Sweet, pepper |
Spicy smooth, tails off smoothly |
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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Ville |
Golden, grass tint |
Cream, fruity-citrus, nutty |
Dry |
Smooth, nutty, peppery |
Midlong but firm |
Must have - treat to Non Initiated
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02Q1-Bop
March 23rd, 2002 |
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05Q2 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bluff |
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peat, smoke, sea breeze, smoky cheese |
rich and rocky |
heat and pepper, slight sweetness, salt! |
warm and long |
The original packaging pre-2005-ish |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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Bop |
Atypical |
Pepper and smoke |
Direct |
Bold, tasty-peppery. Nice smoke. |
Spicy |
A good friend. When drinking Talisker you can only cleanse your palatte with a fine vichyssoise! |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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Irving |
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Smokey, esthers |
Heavy, spicey |
Tongue gripping, heavy, salt, mellow peat |
Lingering nose heat |
Good pallette and finish but I like the "original" Talisker nose and body better. Or maybe the difference is just the difference in casks. (?) |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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Tao |
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Smoke and Spice |
Not heavy, but interesting: Heather Graham |
classic peat and hint of sea |
short and pleasing |
No difference between labels (old and new bottles) |
05Q2-Bluff
June 18th, 2005 |
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24Q3 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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11Q3 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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B Funk |
Golden |
Strong, sweet |
Slightly sweet, bit of fire and pepper |
Slight butter |
Lingers, but without differentiating above others |
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11Q3-B Funk
October 1st, 2011 |
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Bluff |
too hard to tell in the bar |
carmel and oak...butter |
full |
fire and pepper with a lot of flavor.....sea salt and brine |
typically warm....maybe not a comforting dram. |
Still cant believe how awesome the 18 is compared to the 10. My palate prefers Laphroaig 10 over Talisker 10. |
11Q3-B Funk
October 1st, 2011 |
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Bop |
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Sweet which is odd. |
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A little too hot. |
A little lost and not peppery enough. |
Not as peppery as the classic Talisker that I remember. The question is did Talisker change the ten year? |
11Q3-B Funk
October 1st, 2011 |
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Hoopie |
Very light |
Sweet |
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Kind of like a teenager, not focused. |
Not the pepper expected |
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11Q3-B Funk
October 1st, 2011 |
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Lakeview |
Caramel |
Honey with lemon |
Average legs |
Wants to be the 18 but is too raw |
Lacks commitment and focus |
Starts off really good but the palate is too intrusive |
11Q3-B Funk
October 1st, 2011 |
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21Q4 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bluff |
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Huge peat |
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Pepper hot |
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Cask strength? |
21Q4-Lakeview
December 11th, 2012 |
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Bop |
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Sweetness yet a little weird |
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Full body some salt |
Nice salt in the finish and buttery |
Not the Talisker 10 I remember. |
21Q4-Lakeview
December 11th, 2012 |
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Lakeview |
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An invitation |
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Salty caramel |
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21Q4-Lakeview
December 11th, 2012 |
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00Q1 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
Two-toned silver & gold - refractive |
Pungent - peaty |
Dry Salty |
Short |
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00Q1-Centennial
March 11th, 2000 |
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Centennial |
Silvery/Gold |
Smoky oak |
Light |
Sharp |
Warm/Lasting |
Brother Irving's Favorite for the night
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00Q1-Centennial
March 11th, 2000 |
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Irving |
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Oak, Smoky |
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Warm, oaky, salty |
Long, lingers |
My favorite for tonight - surprised me as I thought I would have chosen Macallans or Laphroaig. Reminds me that its as much as what the scotch brings as what I bring to the experience.
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00Q1-Centennial
March 11th, 2000 |
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Lakeview |
Two-toned silver/brown |
Oaky, pungent, mossy |
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Salty/Dry |
Smooth |
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00Q1-Centennial
March 11th, 2000 |
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17Q3 - TALISKER 10 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
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smoked sausage |
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garlicky |
17Q3-Bluff
October 28th, 2017 |
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13Q4 - TALISKER 11 yo Distillers Edition [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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06Q2 - TALISKER 13 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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17Q4 - TALISKER 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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B Funk |
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Honeycomb, Elegant |
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17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Balgam |
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Fullness |
Sweetness. Angie Everhart |
Bold and melt in your mouth |
Sweet finish |
Unmistakably HP (sic) |
17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Bop |
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Little bit of sherry and smoke |
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Lovely classic wonderful |
Elegant |
Sophisticated |
17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Hoopie |
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Sherry smoke |
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Sweet and honey. Sophisticated. |
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17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Lakeview |
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Peat Lemon |
A Kind of Blue |
Honeycomb |
So yummy |
Amazing |
17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Tao |
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Lighter smoke |
Medium balancers |
Honey malt |
A 3 point landing |
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17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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Ville |
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Nutty fruit |
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17Q4-Lakeview
December 28th, 2017 |
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24Q3 - TALISKER 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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15Q3 - TALISKER 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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08Q1 - TALISKER 18 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bluff |
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Peaty, organic |
Full - Neko Case |
Pepper - not as the 10 |
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08Q1-Lakeview
February 16th, 2008 |
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Bop |
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Chicken Marsala when lighting the browned mushrooms |
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Go BIG or Go HOME - salty at the end |
Interestingly it lacks Talisker 10s distinctive peppery taste. Big gulping it - alchemistic! |
08Q1-Lakeview
February 16th, 2008 |
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17Q3 - TALISKER 25 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
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watermelon |
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classic |
17Q3-Bluff
October 28th, 2017 |
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25Q1 - TALISKER 25 yo [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
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crispy, seasoned poultry; menthol |
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the maraschino cherry at the bottom of a manhattan; dry roasted peanut |
Consensus that the nose to palate and finish is a continuous journey |
NOTES: consensus notes from the group and not specifically from Bop. Full NOSE notes: Nose - seasoned poultry, crispy turducken, menthol. A timid nose, it doesnt meet you halfway, you have to go towards this nose yourself. But if you want it, you can get it. Salt and peat.
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25Q1-Bop
March 8th, 2025 |
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09Q2 - TALISKER nas 175th Anniversary [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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Name |
Color |
Nose |
Body |
Palate |
Finish |
Comments |
Meeting |
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Bop |
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Smoke |
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Arbitrage choice - risk free |
09Q2-Bluff
June 26th, 2009 |
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Lakeview |
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Nutmeg |
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blend of smoke and sweet |
Yum! chocolate meets the sea |
Pure arbitrage |
09Q2-Bluff
June 26th, 2009 |
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Ville |
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woody, oily |
well built - work out firm |
Med + |
medium little kick |
had a cold. could not smell. |
09Q2-Bluff
June 26th, 2009 |
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22Q3 - TALISKER nas Dark Storm [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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23Q2 - TALISKER nas Port Ruighe [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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24Q3 - TALISKER nas Storm [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |
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24Q3 - TALISKER nas The Distillers Edition [Distillery bottling at Standard Strength] |