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Glacial Edge

Talisker

Whisky barrels put in deep freeze to give this $7,800 drop a crack at the big time

How far are whisky distillers prepared to go to get an edge at the prestige end of the market? High up a glacier in an arctic blizzard, it would seem. A few years ago, Scottish distiller Talisker took 12 American-oak ex bourbon casks with the ends taken off up to the Pemberton icefield in British […]

  • By Mark Whittaker
  • Forbes Staff
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