Hunting for whisky in the novels! Help?

Talisker007

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to track down which Ian Fleming Bond book features the whisky
Talisker in it.

I know that Bond drank Talisker in the some of the books, but
I don't which titles specifically.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!
Chris

Thunderpussy

Here's a link to James Bond lifestyle.
Not the novels but it has appeared in two movies, TWINE & DAD.
also in the comments Johannes writes, that a bottle of Talisker can be seen
at the bar in CR.

http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/product/talisker-whisky

I'm sure someone will be along with more info on the novels. -{

Talisker007

Thanks TP, I saw that post too after some exhaustive Google searching.
It's specifically the books I'm after and I don't have the time or money
to go through them all as I'm on a short deadline.

Hopefully someone will know.

Great name BTW!

Napoleon Plural

Maybe ask same question on mi6-hq.com, they're more hardcore than us. We're fairweather Bond fans in comparison, we're not really experts on this site.

Talisker007

Thanks for the tip Napoleon, I'll do that.

Cheers -{

BladeRunner

Talisker007 wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to track down which Ian Fleming Bond book features the whisky
Talisker in it.

I know that Bond drank Talisker in the some of the books, but
I don't which titles specifically.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!
Chris

I believe that the book you are looking for is Diamonds are Forever. JB and Felix consume lots of Whiskey and Branch water! Great story!

BladeRunner

BladeRunner wrote:

Talisker007 wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to track down which Ian Fleming Bond book features the whisky
Talisker in it.

I know that Bond drank Talisker in the some of the books, but
I don't which titles specifically.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!
Chris

Talisker is the Whiskey that James drinks in the movie "The World is Not Enough"



I believe that the book you are looking for is Diamonds are Forever. JB and Felix consume lots of Whiskey and Branch water! Great story!

Talisker007

Thanks so much Bladerunner, this is for a project and I just didn't have the
time to go through all the books!

I'm going to go out and buy it now.

Thanks again

jimmybondi

Talisker is my favourite scotch! -{ I didn't notice the Bond link before.
Maybe that bloke is imitating me? )

0073

Hi!

There used to be a website called "Make mine 007 or Atomic Martinis" that had an exhaustive analysis of every beverage James Bond consumes in the books as well as in the movies.

Alas the site is no more.

Anyways according to the Atomic Martinis James Bond did not consume Talisker in the novels. The only Scotch brand mentioned in the books is Haig & Haig "Pinch" bottle, which can still be found quite easily. In some countries (like here in Finland) it is sold as "Dimple". Most often James Bond drinks bourbon, or just "Scotch".

Cheers

Talisker007

Wow thanks so much 0073, that's the kind of website I've been looking for
for weeks!

I guess Talisker is a no go in the novels. I did scan the whole of the book DAF
and found nothing.

Thanks for the help

Napoleon Plural

We're a bit crap aren't we. Google and it appears Talisker is drinken by Bond in the novels, but no specific reference, only mention of M having it in films TWINE and DAD.

Surely we shoujld no!!!

Mr_Ice

I don't remember any Talisker in the books.
He drinks Old Grandad bourbon, and Pinch scotch.
Talisker is a movie thing as far as I know.

The Domino Effect

Over the past two years I have re-read all of the Bond novels and as Talisker has long been one of my favourite scotch whiskys, I think I would have noticed it if it had been mentioned therein. That said, I have checked Stephan Kurr's "007 on the Rocks: A Guide to the Drinks of James Bond" (foreword by our own Mantis) and according to it, cinema Bond has a Talisker on the rocks in M's office in TWINE, while in DND "... in Havana Bond enjoys a scotch on the rocks with a Cuban informant (probably Talisker scotch whisky)..." This comprehensive study makes no mention of Talisker in any of the books.

barracuda

Talisker only appeared in the films, it was never mentioned in any of the books. Bond drinks the following whiskys in the novels:

Black & White (MR)
Haig & Haig (LALD)
Jack Daniels (OHMSS and YOLT)
Old Grand-Dad (LALD and DAF)
I.W. Harper (OHMSS)
Suntory (YOLT)

Probably I've missed something.