Teeling Irish Whiskey, anyone try it?

[Habana Mike]

So, being a huge Whiskey/Whisky fan, leaning mostly toward Scots Single Malts of the Islay variety, I was turned on to the Teeling Irish by Rob Fox whilst in Havana last November.

In particular the small batch rum cask expression http://teelingwhiskey.com/teeling-whiskeys/,

Managed to now find this locally. Curious to know who else has had a chance to sample and hear your thoughts.

I'm a pretty avid fan of the Bushmills but for me this blows it away by a kilometer or two.

[AlohaStyle]

I too was turned onto Teeling by the Irish crew... good stuff.

[Onelove]

Around the middle of last year I was looking online for a local supplier of flor de cana 18 or 21 to try, Teeling irish whiskey popped up because it's aged in ex flor de cana rum barrels. Mentioned it in a "what's in your glass" post in about July.

I like irish whiskey and couldn't find the rum so I grabbed a few and it's now my go to whiskey.

Prefer this to any anything but a good rum now and have put quite a few single malt scotch drinkers onto it too with no complaints.

Didn't realise they had such an extensive range until I followed your link Mike but I've been wanting to try the poitin for a while. The local shop only stocks the small batch, poitin and single malt.

Might need to grab one of each when I reload.

[Bulldog4]

hey mike he hooked me too i hhave both the small batch and the single grian i like the small batch little sweeter mostly from rum casks im sure

[Habana Mike]

hey mike he hooked me too i hhave both the small batch and the single grian i like the small batch little sweeter mostly from rum casks im sure

Yeah, the Rum cask is great stuff and given the price point (<$40USD) it's pretty much replaced the Single malts as my go to when I'm in the mood for a Whiskey

[bolivr]

By coincidence I got a bottle of the small batch about a month ago. I find it quite light in flavor, very refined and a nice change from the Islays I usually drink.

[sengjc]

I am not a fan from the one time I tried it at the Whisky Live 2014.

Found it rather weird - like vodka with wood flavouring. Maybe it is just me. :/

[free85]

I am a Red Breast fan... And so I have to find this and give it a try. Thank you for the heads up!

[free85]

I grabbed a bottle of the Teeling last night. I enjoyed it, solid whiskey. I tried the rum cask finished variety and while you can tell it's a comparatively young spirit (would do with some age in my opinion) it's tasty. You get some chocolate and some other characteristics from the time it spent in the rum barrel. I'd compare it to The Balvenie Caribbean Cask. Price point is certainly right.

[jazzboypro]

Never had that brand, if you like Irish whiskey i can recommend Tullamore Dew 12, not expensive and very good