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Talisker Scotch Whisky Distillery

Talisker Distillery, Carbost, Skye IV47 8SR
Tel: +44 (0)1478 614308 Fax: +44 (0)1478 614302

Talisker Distillery General Information
Current Owners click for detailsDiageo PLC
Location Isle of Skye
Water source A burn on Cnoc nan Speireag (Hawk Hill).
Stills 2 x wash stills and 3 x spirit stills
Capacity per year 1,900,000 Litres
Status Active/Producing

Talisker Distillery History
1830 Built by Hugh & Kenneth MacAskill
1880-87 Renovated
1898 Merger to form Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd
1900 Distillery expanded
1925  Distiller Company Ltd (DCL)
1928 Ceased triple distillation in preference of double distillation
1960 Partially reconstructed after fire
1972 Traditional maltings knocked down

Talisker Distillery Comments
Only Single Malt distillery on Skye.
Mentioned in a Robert Louis Stevenson poem written in 1880, 'The Scotsman's Return from Abroad' The king o' drinks, as I conceive it, Talisker, Islay or Glenlivit.

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Talisker Distillery Visitor Centre Information
Contact +44 (0)1478 614308
Easter to October Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.00pm
November-Easter Tours by appointment
Admission charge £5.00 per adult
Comments Last full tour leaves at 4.00pm.
Location On the shore of Loch Harport on the Isle of Skye.

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