The Distillers Edition of this golden Caol Ila is brillant, clean and refined and has a depp, sweet and smoky flavour profile that suggests the intense, saturated colours of late afternoon sunshine after a storm has passed.

The Publican barley used for this edition was grown in field 43ac and harvested at the end of August 2009. It was dried and stored on the farm before being malted at Alloa in 2010. The single malt comes from twenty-seven first-fill bourbon casks, distilled in December 2011. It was aged in the upper part of the cellar until 2024, before being bottled.

At each stage of the tasting, Oban surprises with its character halfway between land and sea. It is a reflection of the terroir from which this malt comes: the Western Highlands. To accentuate the flavors of iodine and sea air during Oban's second maturation, its master distiller chose Fino Montilla casks, which enhance the elegance of the malt with delicate, woody notes.

The Distillers Edition of Talisker is richer than the regular bottling, wonderfully rounded and double-matured in ex-Amoroso casks with luscious, fuity sweetness that perfectly complements the crisp, dry peat-smoke and familiar pepperriness of Talisker.