Talisker distillery
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Talisker distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Skye, famous for its peaty, maritime single malt whiskies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talisker distillery canonical | 2 |
| Talisker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5949737 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talisker distillery Context triple: [Minginish, hasDistillery, Talisker distillery]
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A.
Lagavulin distillery
Lagavulin distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, famous for its richly peated, smoky single malt.
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B.
Bruichladdich distillery
Bruichladdich distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, known for its innovative approach, focus on terroir, and both unpeated and heavily peated single malts.
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C.
Bunnahabhain distillery
Bunnahabhain distillery is a Scottish whisky distillery known for producing predominantly unpeated single malt on the northeastern coast of Islay.
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D.
Laphroaig distillery
Laphroaig distillery is a renowned Islay Scotch whisky producer famous for its intensely peaty, smoky single malts.
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E.
Oban Distillery
Oban Distillery is one of Scotland’s oldest and smallest whisky distilleries, renowned for its coastal Highland single malt Scotch whisky produced in the town of Oban.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talisker distillery Target entity description: Talisker distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Skye, famous for its peaty, maritime single malt whiskies.
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A.
Lagavulin distillery
Lagavulin distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, famous for its richly peated, smoky single malt.
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B.
Bruichladdich distillery
Bruichladdich distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky producer on Scotland’s Isle of Islay, known for its innovative approach, focus on terroir, and both unpeated and heavily peated single malts.
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C.
Bunnahabhain distillery
Bunnahabhain distillery is a Scottish whisky distillery known for producing predominantly unpeated single malt on the northeastern coast of Islay.
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D.
Laphroaig distillery
Laphroaig distillery is a renowned Islay Scotch whisky producer famous for its intensely peaty, smoky single malts.
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E.
Oban Distillery
Oban Distillery is one of Scotland’s oldest and smallest whisky distilleries, renowned for its coastal Highland single malt Scotch whisky produced in the town of Oban.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scotch whisky distillery
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single malt whisky distillery ⓘ |
| condensers | worm tubs ⓘ |
| coordinates | 57.302°N 6.356°W ⓘ |
| coreProduct |
Talisker 10 Year Old
NERFINISHED
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Talisker 18 Year Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Talisker 25 Year Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Talisker 30 Year Old NERFINISHED ⓘ Talisker Port Ruighe NERFINISHED ⓘ Talisker Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ Talisker Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| distillationType | double distillation ⓘ |
| exportMarket | global ⓘ |
| flavourProfile |
maritime
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peaty ⓘ peppery ⓘ salty ⓘ smoky ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Distillers Company Limited
NERFINISHED
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United Distillers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Hugh MacAskill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenneth MacAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| isOnlyDistilleryOn | Isle of Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carbost
NERFINISHED
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Isle of Skye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maltSource | centralised Diageo maltings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maturationCasks |
ex-bourbon barrels
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ex-sherry casks ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Carbost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpiritStills | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfStills | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfWashStills | 2 ⓘ |
| offersTours | true ⓘ |
| ownedBrand | Talisker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Diageo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Classic Malts of Scotland ⓘ |
| peatLevel | medium ⓘ |
| productionType | single malt Scotch whisky ⓘ |
| reconstructedInYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| region |
Highland (Scotch whisky region)
NERFINISHED
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Island (Scotch whisky region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stillShape | lyne arms with downward angle ⓘ |
| usesPeatedMalt | true ⓘ |
| usesTraditionalFloorMaltings | false ⓘ |
| visitorCentre | true ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Cnoc nan Speireag
NERFINISHED
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Hawk Hill springs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Talisker distillery Description of subject: Talisker distillery is a renowned Scotch whisky distillery on the Isle of Skye, famous for its peaty, maritime single malt whiskies.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Talisker