SCYFOOD > Whisky 1985 Talisker Maritime Edition Contact Customer Service ENQUIRY It all began when two brothers, Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, moved to the Isle of Skye in 1827 and acquired the lease of a farm on the west coast called the Talisker House. In 1830, the brothers opened the Talisker Distillery at the village of Carbost on the shore of Loch Harport, Having become the only distillery on the Isle, Talisker was isolated, and consequently, relied solely on the distillery's own unique creativity as it developed. 70cl/40,1%