Isle of Skye distillery Talisker was founded in 1830 by brothers Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill. The business was not good and by 1848 banks were in controll of the distillery.

Through different ownerships it ended up included in the forming of DLC in 1916.

The distillery urnt down in 1960 and it took 2 years to rebuild.

In 1998 Talisker became part of Diageo’s Classic Malts Selection.