Irish Whiskey reviews

Virgin Amburana Brazilian Hardwood? What a mouthful. This is actually a cask type that is mainly used to mature Cachaça. Or rum. It is a type of wood that the Scots are not allowed to touch (because not…

Rivesaltes is a vin doux naturel (also called liqueur wine), which means as much as a sweet French dessert wine from the Rousillon region. And in such a cask, this Teeling was allowed to mature for no…

The fact that Belgian importer The Nectar selects good barres is kicking in an open door. A few years ago they knocked on Teeling's door and were able to get their hands on this former rum barrel – a…

This is a Teeling Single Pot Still (so own distillation, if you know what I mean) that matured on Virgin Chinkapin American Oak. That's a kind of yellow oak. I expect a lot of spiciness. Part of the…

The previous four releases from the so-called Renaissance Series – in which their 18-year-old malt is always finished in a different cask type – all appealed to me. And here is number five, the last in…

Teeling already has a number of expressions on the market that were produced in collaboration with DOT Brewery. I even have a Teeling beer from DOT, so I'll have to taste that later. But now first the…

Founded in 2015, the Teeling distillery in Dublin celebrated its7th anniversary in 2022. For this occasion, 900 bottles of this 7th Birthday Batch were launched. It has become a mix of single malt,…

Franz Hahn is a winemaker from Albersweiler in Germany. That's in the middle of the imagined triangle that you could make with Mannheim in the north, Saarbrücken in the west and Karlsruhe in the south…

So far, the Teeling releases in the so-called Sommerlier Selection have all appealed to me. Especially the Recioto that I just tasted and the Sauternes that I tasted at the beginning of this year, I…

This is the fourth expression of Teeling's Sommelier series that I put to my lips. Earlier I tasted the Amarone, Margaux and Sauternes casks, today it is time for the Recioto wine cask. Recioto – in full…