Just three days until Christmas and, including today’s, just three drams left in The Whisky Advent Calendar. Slightly bittersweet perhaps, with Christmas being completely awesome but having to say goodbye to a new whisky every day… Fortunately Drinks by the Dram have thought of that, and have a range of dram-filled Christmas Crackers too!
For now some fine drams remain, however, with another Irish whiskey to enjoy behind window 22 courtesy of those Teeling boys. First their family gave us the independent Cooley distillery (producing the excellent Connemara Peated single malt and Greenore single grain, for example), purchased by Beam in 2011, and now in 2015 they’ve opened the first whisky distillery in Dublin for 125 years!
They weren’t just sat on their hands in between though, with Teeling Small Batch becoming the core expression for the Teeling Whiskey Company that launched 2012. It’s a blend of selected casks of Irish malt and grain, finished for six months in ex-Flor de Caña Rum casks!
Ermahgerd! 22?! Christmas is almost upon us!
Tasting Note for Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey:
Nose: Cut grass and orange blossom. Allspice, hints of vanilla, apple pie and blackberries.
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.
Overall: A deliciously creamy, spicy and rich Irish blend.
Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey – 70cl, 46%
The Chaps at Master of Malt
