Irish Whiskey reviews

Hang on… no sherry, Pinot Noir, Marsala, Madeira, Shiraz or Stout cask? Nope, this is a good old fashioned bourbon cask that matured for at least 19 years. I confess, I think the number of bottles is…

I was very much impressed with the first Teeling in this Renaissance series, that was finished on Madeira casks. I called it Irish glühwein. The second one in the series got a finish on Australian Shiraz…

The last release in the Small Batch Collaboration that I will try, again a sample through Benny, is a Teeling that matured on a Pineapple Rum Cask from Plantation. By the way, the rum was very pleasant…

Another Teeling from the so-called Small Batch Collaboration, again thank to my buddy Benny. A Pinot Noir Cask, no less. I am curious.Lovely sweet nose on blackberries, cherries and greengages, uphols…

Last year, in the so called Small Batch Collaboration, a Teeling appeared that had matured and a ginger beer cask, from the London based umbrella Brewing Company. Only 700 bottles were released, so it…

Teeling has released a series of whiskies under the banner Small Batch Collaboration. It's quite a challenge to follow them all, I must confess. But nevertheless I was able to catch a few and I would…

I was a guest at Belgian whisky shop TastToe in Boortmeerbeek in September 2019 at a fantastic Teeling masterclass with Alex Chasko, their Master Distiller. One of the whiskies that we got to try was…

You are probably already familiar with The Green Spot – with no age statement – and Yellow Spot (12 years). In 2018 Mitchell & Son added a 15 years old Red Spot. And now they make us jump for joy with…

Darn, the last time I tried this 12 years old Redbreast at cask strength was way back in 2012. But I recently got a sample from the Irish whiskey aficionado Benny, so I had no excuse to postpone this…

I have only tried 1W from this relatively new Irish distillery, a single cask for Austria. Today I will try one of their own releases, batch 3, that was released already in 2018. It is a vatting of…