Teeling Small Batch (NAS)  

 

ABV:   46% ABV

Price:  £34.95

Distillery

Walter Teeling – distillery 1782 in Dublin - (Neighbour of George Roe’s distillery). Bought out by the larger company William Jameson’s (in the same street)

1923 Teeling’s distillery ‘fell asleep’ – similar to many Irish distilleries due to financial problems

1987 – 60 years later - John Teeling (descendant) established Distillery in County Louth (approved to make alcohol from potatoes) – eventually established the Cooley Distillery

John’s sons Jack & Stephen worked with dad up until Cooley Distillery sold to Jim Beam in 2011; as part of the deal, they purchased 16,000 casks of aged whiskey – blending these, they launched Teeling Distillery in 2012 and 3 years later established a new distillery in Dublin, a stone’s throw from the original..

Was first new distillery in Dublin for 125 years (used to be over 37 distilleries in Dublin alone!)

Other whiskies:

  • Single Malt; Single Grain;
  • Trinity Collection –
  • Vintage Reserve Collection – 18, 24, 30 yo Single Malts
    • 24 yo = World’s Best SM @ World Whisky Awards 2019 (MoM £395)
    • 30 yo MoM £1,600 !
  • Ltd Edition Bottling – including Stout Cask whiskey (in stout-seasoned barrel 1 year = dark chocolate nose) & Poitin @ 52.5%

This whiskey:

Small batch ~ 100 barrels

Hand-selected casks of grain and malt whiskey (3:1 ratio) - initially fully aged in Ex-Bourbon barrels – min 6 years – (vanilla & oak imparted) then married together in Central American Rum casks for up to 12 months for spice and ‘dried fruit’ character

Very high malt content.

Colour:         

Nose:

Cut grass and orange blossom. Allspice, hints of vanilla, apple pie and blackberries. Rum /raisin sweetness     influence?

Palate:

Spiced, rich palate with rose petal jelly and lemon curd. Creamy vanilla, hints of dried herbs and cinnamon.

Finish:

Floral, herbal finish. Caramel on the tail. ‘Woodiness’