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Отзывы описывают морской, солёный и дымный профиль с нотками цитруса, ванили и карамели, но многие отмечают молодость, простоту и недостаток сложности. Мнения о балансе и цене расходятся: часть считает виски приятным, часть — слишком горьким или переоценённым.
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В текстовых отзывах Talisker 8-year-old Tidal Churn чаще всего описывается через морские и минеральные ноты: морской бриз, соль, минералы, дым, перец, цитрус, а также сладкие оттенки — ваниль, карамель, солёная карамель, мёд, фрукты. Несколько отзывов отдельно выделяют дым и перец, а также маслянистую текстуру. При этом часть отзывов называет виски молодым, простым и не хватает сложности и глубины; встречаются жалобы на горечь, резкость алкоголя и дисбаланс. Некоторые прямо пишут, что он «закрытый» и без ярких акцентов, другие — что он приятный, но не выдающийся.
Оценки в текстах варьируются от восторженных до разочарованных. Положительные отзывы хвалят интенсивность, солёно-дымный характер, долгий финиш и сочетание сладости с дымом; отрицательные — называют его переоценённым, слишком горьким, «не бодрым» и не стоящим цены. Несколько отзывов сравнивают его с Talisker 10 и другими релизами серии, отмечая, что он либо «больше всего» от Talisker 10, либо уступает предыдущим релизам. Также встречаются замечания, что с водой он раскрывается лучше.
собрано 37/84 текстовых отзывов · полный lossless-снимок WB
· 2026-10-08T07:02:43Z · источник evidence
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нос 86 · вкус 87 · финиш 87
De whisky die op 20 december in de 2024 adventkalender zit. Hij ruikt naar het strand, een kampvuur en fruit. En zo smaakt hij ook. Met een lekkere tintel achteraf.
Pretty closed and without any major highlights.
нос 84 · вкус 85 · финиш 84
84,00
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
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| Нос | 84 | Sea breeze, minerals and citrus |
| Вкус | 88 | A little sweet at the beggining, smoke, sea breeze and minerals, salt. |
| Финиш | 85 | Medium long, sweet and spicy |
From a lovely, otherwise delicious distillery. Age statement and cask strength, also spicy but a bit too bitter to be truly delicious.
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нос 87 · вкус 84 · финиш 85
22+22+22+22
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
Smell: sea, fish market, vanilla, apples, wet stones, gummy bears, peaches, minerality, Taste: sea, fish market, vanilla, unripe apples, Finish: marine, apple Rating: 4
нос 84 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
wowsers trousers! a bargain for the money. Talisker has surely hit something special here. I not only say that, cause i'm a talisker guy, but they've truly got domething different yet unique going with this one. The casks has been stonespun with presumably adds to the enhsncenmrnt of the flavours.
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| Нос | 86 | Classic talisker maritime notes, sligthly more peaty |
| Вкус | 89 | saltyness coming through ever do slightly with an interesting sweetness. Goes well with the peat and maritime notes. |
| Финиш | 88 | Nice long finish, smooth allthough the peat takes over. One of the most complex talisker I've had som far. Especially for thar age. |
нос 85 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
Very very overpriced whisky that didn't win me over. I don't know if I'm influenced by something but I have mixed feelings about it. I don't know how to describe it exactly but it's something like salty pear compote with sweetener... Too much salt, salty caramel, salty sea breeze etc etc... Even the sweet smokiness seems a bit artificial. It reminds me of a failed sweet cocktail in which they used smoky whisky. A bit absurd
Inhaling, we feel the signature notes of the distillery: minerals, sea salt, lemon zest and black pepper. Also noticeable are notes of vanilla, apples, pears, biscuits and milk chocolate. The smoke is neat, quite light. On the sip, the drink meets with a powerful pepper attack and a sharp ash smoke. Next come minerals, salt, citrus tones, as well as grassy tartness and bread pastries. The finish is short, quite mineral and peppery, with bread tones at the end. Yes, this is definitely Talisker, but it clearly lacks the complexity and depth that the previous 8 summer releases had (for example, in the 2018 SR).
decent Talisker, but not bold enough.
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| Нос | 84 | smoke, light meat and peat, pepper, herbal, lapsang souchong tea. |
| Вкус | 84 | bit thin, meaty, smoke, peat, cacao, four seasons pepper. |
| Финиш | 83 | a Talisker 10 light, some of peat, oak, lemon, warming but short |
Příjemná sladká kouřovka. Talisker jak má být. Med, zázvor, citronová tráva, dehet. Sladký pikantní závěr. Tento kousek jsem si užil, rád bych si to zopakoval.
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| Нос | 87 | Very modern, with plenty of toasted oak, salt, pepper, peat smoke, and slightly acidic notes. With water: lively salt, subtle peat smoke, toasted oak, lemon, burnt caramel, and mineral notes. |
| Вкус | 85 | Very energetic, peppery, salt, toasted oak, mineral notes, but overall still very youthful. With water: juicy, lots of peat smoke, toasted oak, salt, biting pepper, and damp earth. |
| Финиш | 85 | Delicate peat smoke, sour notes and toasted oak |
нос 86 · вкус 87 · финиш 86
нос 87 · вкус 87 · финиш 86
One of the many special releases that seems to have nothing special about it: yet another young Talisker, pleasant but forgettable, rolling away in the memory like wet stones in a cask.
Talisker 8 years, Diageo Special Release 2024, 58.7% alc. Finish: “Stone-Spund and Re-Toasted Finish” (WTF). So here we have an 8-year-old Talisker at cask strength. Nose: Lots of rough Talisker on the nose. Pepper, chilli and sea salt, thyme, seaweed and coal. It needs a little air, then it becomes creamy/fruity. Pear compote, apple pieces, juicy apricot, a peat fire smoldering alongside. Palate: Strong and very intense, lots of salt and fiery spices, unfortunately these cannot completely mask the sharpness of the alcohol. Burnt fat, thyme, black pepper, baked apple, peach and a little propolis. Finish: Medium length, the intensity slowly decreases, the spiciness fades. Bitter citrus fruits, charcoal, oysters, colored pepper, thyme and eucalyptus. Conclusion: If you like a punch in the face, you'll find what you're looking for here. 84/100 points (2024)
нос 86 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
It's a great Talisker if you want something strong from Talisker 10-year-old. It would be a fantastic deal if you could get it under €65. I am personally okay with the current price though.
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| Нос | 87 | Pine, Fruits, Pepper, Sea breeze, Something like salted caramel. |
| Вкус | 87 | Salty, Sweet like caramel, Strong flavour from CS, Citrus, Peat |
| Финиш | 86 | Salty, Smoky, not that long finish but it's okay |
Thought it would be over-priced pants, but it is actually a decent dram with a nice note of honey and smoke being balanced by the heat from the alcohol. Well worth trying and if you fancy a Talisker, you could do worse than supping a bottle of this.
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| Нос | 83 | BBQ on a beach - a slightly sharp notes pops out of the glass. |
| Вкус | 86 | The mouthfeel is good as it is quite oily - there is a citrus note, followed by a honey or sweet smoke note, with a decent hit of pepper. The sweetness is nicely balanced by the heat. |
| Финиш | 85 | Long with the sweetness lingering together with the hit of pepper. |
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нос 85 · вкус 86 · финиш 86
much peater than regular Talisker. At the same time it lacks the balance. Rather young and simple. A few years ago there was a heavily peated Talisker in Diageo Special Releases series, which I enjoyed much more than this one. For whisky-fans in the UK - wait for 2025 end year sale at amazon and you may may be rewarded with 50% discount. Shall we will see the same drop in price in contintal Europe next year?
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| Нос | 86 | sweet peat, pine needles, a bit spirity - probably due to the young age. Mineralic and maritime notes. A bit later more sweet fruit and lemon peel. |
| Вкус | 85 | sweet peat here as well, oily with hints of charred wood. More phenolic than in the nose, smoked meat/fish, lemon juice, sea salt, black pepper. |
| Финиш | 86 | long and warming, filled with salted bacon, mineralic notes and sea food. Spearmint or more likely eucalyptus freshness at the end |
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 83
Beautiful drips on the glass, nice full mouthfeel. What a power in this whisky. It is very complex but what it offers, it offers very intense. A fruitier and less smoky character than I am used to from Talisker. Despite its high abv it is still soft and fruity (but then intense)
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 85
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| Нос | 84 | A simple Talisker with smoke, maritime notes and plenty of power. A few hints of yellow fruit (mirabelle plums) shine through. |
| Вкус | 85 | Oily. Salted caramel, good spice/pepperiness. A slight sweetness of yellow fruits, perhaps pear or mirabelle plum. |
| Финиш | 85 | Long-lasting, with oak spice and campfire notes. |
нос 86 · вкус 87 · финиш 86
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нос 86 · вкус 86 · финиш 85
Another special release by Diageo. After the Oban and Caol ila, a special release with a little peat sounds good? The peated notes are not as a dram with bonfire or dried meat, but not bad at all. The taste is a little darker with coffee and leather notes. Price and quality wise, a good dram for sure.
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нос 88 · вкус 88 · финиш 89
Not bad, even though the wood was stoned to soften it. You can do anything, but 6 to 10 years longer in the barrel would have been even better. I would buy it for €50.
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| Нос | 87 | Salty, a little fruity, medium-smoky Talisker. Lots of young oak, which is probably what you want when you're shooting stones at barrels... |
| Вкус | 86 | The wood obviously has a lot of impact, but Talisker is still one of the spirits that can withstand it. Nice and round and sweet. |
| Финиш | 85 | Rather short, after all it's only 8 years. |
It is a Talisker so great. But there is nothing more than that. A little bit disappointing comparing to other from the series.
нос 87 · вкус 86 · финиш 85
Light, straw color. Slight oiliness.
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| Нос | 87 | Smooth and composed. Surprising for an 8 year old. Salt. Salted caramel. Fatty. Citrus underneath. |
| Вкус | 88 | Lots of salt. Sea-like. Caramel. Salted caramel. Toffee. Fudge, but everything salty. Spices. Black pepper. Ginger. Chili. There's a bit of spiciness. More citrus with the second language. More pleasant. Less spiciness. Quite fatty. |
| Финиш | 87 | Citrus. Caramel. Sweetness. Marine. Minerality. Salty caramel. Sea breeze. Sea salt. Dark chocolate. |
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
aroma: smooth, peat, salt, smoke, tobacco, prunes in the background Taste: harsh, bland, leather, salt, smoke, dried fruit I enjoy this Talisker! Smoky, salty, but at the same time sweet at the end
нос 86 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
The Talisker profile is present: salt and tide, a touch of vanilla, sea spray, a hint of limestone. It's very simple, after all. Here, the iodine intensity is a bit stronger than usual, and you can almost make out a few pebbles on the beach. A pinch of icing sugar. On the palate, salted caramel, vanilla and white fruits, a thin layer of salty peat. Spices abound: pepper, nutmeg, cumin. A beautiful, fairly long, smoky finish, foam, oily salt, cola, licorice, damp wood. The stone-spun Casks finish isn't really noticeable, or perhaps it's a slightly stronger minerality? In any case, it's a pleasure to rediscover the Talisker profile in all its authenticity, and that feels good. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2024/12/talisker-8-yo-special-release-2024.html
нос 88 · вкус 88 · финиш 90
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| Нос | 86 | sweet, smoke, sea |
| Вкус | 87 | smoke, alcohol, spices, sweet, sea |
| Финиш | 86 | medium long, smoky, plesant |
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нос 84 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
A very interesting variant of Talisker. The stones definitely left a noticeable impression. The mineral notes go very well with the maritime aromas. I love this Talisker.
нос 86 · вкус 84 · финиш 85
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 85
Sugar/honey sweetness, strong alcoholic note (really sharp/hot like chilli peppers), an unpleasant cheese note (especially in the nose). A young, immature, uninspiring whisky. I am not getting what is Diageo actually trying to create/achieve with those 8y Talisker releases. With the first one (2018) they were very lucky, but the last 3 are just disastrous below par whiskies. From a whisky drinker's perspective, I would not be willing to pay even 50 Euros for such an experience. A very sad story lately with this beautiful (once respected and admired) distillery. Both the quality and pricing are going into unacceptable direction. With the rise of young distilleries focusing on quality, such as: Ardnamurchan, Raasay, Ardnahoe, Kilchoman, Torabhaig, my guess would be that in 10 years from now, Talisker will become just a history...
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| Нос | 81 | Oh, oh. I am glad that I have only bought a 4cl sample, IMHO. |
| Вкус | 83 | Drinkable, but no revelation. For a Talisker bottling, this is very disappointing. |
| Финиш | 80 | Short, spicy, unpleasant, simplistic. Bitterness creeps in. |
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 88
Similar to Talisker 10, but more of everything. Very distillate driven, which can be a good thing when it comes to Talisker. Salty and peppery goodness, and a bit sweeter than the 10 (which doesn't say much). Too spirity for what it delivers though, lacks complexity and the body is fairly weak for the specs. Even when diluting this down all the way to 30% it is still spirity, but at the same time keeps a lot of the character. I think I enjoy it a bit more when diluted. This will be appreciated by Talisker lovers, but could be avoided by others. The price is certainly not motivated. If you are not very averse to a bit of ashy taste then Ledaig 10 does this style better, with more taste, better body, and for less money and with less burn
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| Нос | 85 | Very spirity. Rubber note in front. Sea breeze. Some malty vanilla. Faint pear note in the background. Light peat. Not an offputting nose, but not inviting either |
| Вкус | 86 | Spirity arrival. Then salivating with saltiness and gravel. Then a light citrus note. Impactful, but not a lot of taste. Simple but pretty good |
| Финиш | 85 | Not much left in the aftertaste at all |
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it's better with water!:)
нос 85 · вкус 86 · финиш 86
The first aroma, quite complex and closed. A little bit of alcohol dirt, baking and malt. It develops slowly in the glass, and everything is somehow awkward. There is nothing to catch on the nose. The smoke is very distant and complex, inexpressive. Everything seems saturated, and there is no style. Minerals and salt are almost absent. Everything is crushed by distillate + oak + malt. The taste is not drinkable. Sharp and at the same time sweet and dense. In my opinion, it is unbalanced (broken). The finish is quite dirty, long, sweet and in my opinion, not very tasty. And one more thing, well, a very marketing description of preparing barrels for aging, especially when in reality the result is not entirely successful! This is a special release for you ))) Nose - 21 Taste - 21 Finish - 21 Balance - 21 Rating - 84
A very average Diageo release of this Talisker. Young, not too refined, with a hint of bitterness, a bit of brine and sea algae. The alcohol is well hidden, but it's not an outstanding whisky.
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| Нос | 86 | fresh, delicate, young oak, flower meadow, seaweed, brine, yellow apples, sugar syrup, linden honey |
| Вкус | 85 | honey-oak bitterness, peppery, oak, a bit of salty caramel, seaweed, fresh green grass after morning dew |
| Финиш | 83 | medium long, quite sweet with a bitter aftertaste, honeydew apples, pepper, freshly planed oak board, scratching the palate |
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| Нос | 85 | sweet smoke, wet gravel, a pinch of salt, delicate algae, toffee sweetness, lots of pepper, a strongly noticeable mineral character |
| Вкус | 86 | intensely sweet with a hint of smoke, ash, lime, salt, pleasantly bitter oak, herbs - sage, wormwood |
| Финиш | 85 | quite long, intensely warming, sweet and bitter with a bit of ash |
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| Нос | 85 | metallic smoke, citrus |
| Вкус | 84 | smokey, slight peat |
| Финиш | 86 | slight smoke, citric |
Not great, max 84p
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Reviewed here: https://longpouramour.com/talisker-special-release-2024/