Teeling Stout Cask Finish

By Barry Bradford on July 15, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Teeling Stout Cask Finish Irish Whiskey

What they say

Teeling Whiskey Company and Galway Bay Brewery, one of Ireland’s most celebrated craft breweries, have been collaborating for years, on what has now become the cult classic “200 fathoms” – a modern interpretation of an Imperial Stout, aged just once annually in Teeling’s Small Batch barrels. It was inevitable that one day we would bring this collaboration full circle, take back the stout-seasoned barrels and finish a whiskey with their rich, dark, malty influence. The result is a true celebration of flavour-focused innovation.

Official tasting notes

Nose Dark chocolate, truffles, sour apples, ocean spray
Palate Sweet malt, roasted barley, sour fruits, black cherries
Finish Seville oranges, digestive biscuits, honeycomb and cream

What I say

A marriage between Teeling Irish Whiskey and Galway Bay Brewery’s Stout casks was used to produce this limited edition. Here the reciprocal of Stout ageing in ex-Teeling casks has been used to add ex-Imperial stout finish to Teeling’s small batch blended whiskey.

Details

ABV 46%
Age NAS
Bottler Teeling
Bottling Official
Cask Sout Cask Finish
Category Blended Irish Whiskey
Cost £45
Origin Undisclosed
Outturn Undisclosed
Region Ireland
Released 2017
Vintage Undisclosed

My tasting notes

Appearance Chardonnay gold (12/20), medium tears and legs.
Nose Lemon puff biscuits, lemon curd, sherbet, vanilla, yeasty, cake, bread, brioche, doughy, lemon zest or lemon drizzle cake, apple, foam banana and chocolate limes sweeties.
Taste Medium-full bodied, creamy, toasty barley notes, vanilla, malt, apple pie, chocolate orange and chocolate limes.
Finish Long, caramel, chocolate digestives, malty , lemon curd.
Overall An unusual but very nice/enjoyable expression, this still has quite a lot of citrus aroma and flavour from the base whiskey blend but it is not sharp/acidic and compliments well the very creamy chocolate nature derived from the stout casks.