Teeling Small Batch
| Distillery: | Teeling |
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| Country: | Ireland |
| Abv: | 46.0% |
| Advent Year: | 2014 |
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Today's Advent Whisky is one that I've enjoyed before. I'm always slightly nervous about writing tasting notes about whiskies I've reviewed previously, because there's always the fear that I end up saying completely different things - so please, like me, resist the temptation to read my last review before reading this one!
Teeling Small Batch is a 46% ABV Irish whiskey finished in rum casks.
The nose is quite strongly alcohol to start, but once that's cleared there are vanilla notes and some fruity, almost raisin-like aromas underneath. Water tames the alcohol and reveals the damp wood of the barrel, but loses the fruit.
It's initially spicy on the tongue, with a caramel sweetness coming through after that along with an almost creamy texture. The finish is long, lingering and with a subtle woody tannic edge to it. Watered, the spice is much less pronounced but the sweetness remains, becoming more like honey and the whiskey becomes more approachable but less adventurous.
A nice Irish dram, that earns 3 stars.
This review was originally published 2nd December, 2014. It was last updated 1st June, 2023.