Drinking at Birds of a Feather

Talisker 10 Year

Damage: $9.45

Skinny: Talisker was Metromix's favorite. With a very peat mossy flavor and not as much "twang" as the others, we could drink this all night. (The twang, as Horn describes it, is a secondary flavor that shows up after you swallow. ) The only problem with Talisker is that it sort of smelled like rubber, which, again, was not a bad thing. It just had that smell to it. After adding some ice water to the glass (No, it's not a sissy move! Horn says water is encouraged, as it opens up all of the flavors), it became apparent the Talisker was the liquid equivalent of Sean Connery wearing a kilt, eating a haggis and punching Gordon Ramsay in the face.