Tuesday 4 April 2017

Teeling Trio: Small Batch, 2004 Single Cask & 13 Revival Reviews

Hi everyone,

Because I’m awesome and have the most epic job in the world I get to work at whisky festivals. It’s a relatively new thing, but I’m loving it because it doesn’t feel like work.

So this Saturday I was in the Netherlands for ‘Whisky in Leiden.’ A great event on all fronts, hosted in a huge church with a bunch of amazing whiskies. I was with Bresser & Timmer on their stand and on the stand with me was Speciality Drinks and Teeling as well as a few other whiskies.

Knowing that I’ve only tried 8 Irish whiskies and 400 or so Scottish, I felt like I should make an effort with Teeling. Many thanks go to Shane, the awesome guy presenting the whiskies for Teeling.
 
Teeling Small Batch Blended Whisky 46%
Colour: Light Gold
Body: Light
Nose: Sugar cane, white rum, clean column still spirit, toffee apple.
Taste: Light, white rum really comes through, green apple, lemon, spice building.
Finish: Medium length. Some alcohol and lemon.
Finished in Rum casks. A fun twist on tradition.
66/100

Teeling 2004 Single Sherry Cask 57.1%
Colour: Gold
Body: Full
Nose: Intensely fresh! Tonnes and tonnes of green apple, fresh lemon and some lime, melon too.
Water: Some underipe orange.
Taste: Soft arrival, really fresh and lively, green apple, acidic citrus, lemon juice, spicy malt, sour underipe citrus, dry oak.
Water: Softens but doesn’t change it much.
Finish: Long length. Wow! Really steps it up with the first bite of an acidic green apple, lovely sour finish.
Single malt from a Sherry cask but not a trace of Sherry that I can detect.
78/100
 
Teeling Revival 13 46%
Colour: Light Gold
Body: Medium
Nose: Loads of pear drops, very fresh, fruity and sweet, green apple but also those smaller yellow ones.
Taste: Soft pear, then those yellow and green apples come through, some dry oak builds too.
Finish: Medium/Long length. Spice kick then more dry oak.
Finished in apple and pear Calvados casks for 1 year.
73/100

Thanks for reading!

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Best Score: 92
Worst Score: 44
0-49 Terrible
50-59 Bad
60-64 Just About OK
65-69 Ok to Good
70-74 Good
75-79 Very Good
80-84 Excellent
85-89 Superb
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Full Disclosure Disclaimer: I currently work as a Brand Ambassador for Penderyn Distillery. The views expressed here are purely my own and do not reflect the views of Penderyn Distillery or The Welsh Whisky Company. I try to maintain as much objectivity as I can but feel free to take my reviews with as big a pinch of salt as you like. Furthermore, my rating scale is NOT based on a Parker type wine scoring scale or a school/college/university % or A-F grade score. I apologise for any seemly low or 'bad' scores given with my system and am sorry I can't say only nice things. Please keep in mind that I am ethically compromised and am unable to produce 100% unbiased reviews.

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