This is the very first Irish whiskey finished on ex-aquavite dishes. Whiskey is the regular teeling small batch blended whiskey, which is completed on Ex-Aquavit dish from Oslo Handverdestillery (OHD) in close to a year. Ohd is a small craft distillery located in Oslo, Norway.
Nose: Come and vanilla. Spicy oak tree. Then lighter notes of apple, bulb, citrus, green herbs and white sugar. The aquavite dish has certainly had a marked influence on the nose here – and it works roughly. With time more fresh, green apples and touch of vanilla and eucalyptus.
Taste: Medium fullness. Creamed notes of vanilla and apple pie – and roaring, spicy notes of ginger, citrus, coming and green herbs.
Finish: medium finish. The fruity disappears, the level of sweetness and spices is fairly stable, and the green notes become more prominent. Rich and creamy until the end where it suddenly dives and becomes mint and dry.
The Teeling family has been making Irish whiskey since 1782, when Walter Teeling opened his whiskey distillery on Marrowbone Lane in Dublin. Dublin has traditionally been the heart of Ireland’s whiskey production. The history of Ireland’s whiskey production is incredibly exciting and dramatic and is largely connected to the country’s relationship with England, for better or for worse. As many as 37 distilleries had smoke in their chimneys at the beginning of the 20th century, but one by one the distilleries closed and since 1976 no whiskey has been distilled in Dublin – until now! The Teeling Whiskey Distillery is the first newly opened distillery in Dublin in over 125 years and the Teeling family see it as their mission to bring the art of distilling back to the heart of Dublin!
The tasty whiskey comes from 3 shiny pot stills, which are named after Jack Teeling’s 3 daughters. 25% of production is dedicated to whiskey of an experimental nature, making Teeling one of the most exciting distilleries to keep an eye on in the future.
