Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey

If there's one thing I've learned about Teeling, it is that they've got a bad case of barrel-mania. They will put their whiskey into an almost dizzying array of casks. Sometimes, that backfires (see their single cask in the white port barrels), but this time? The rum barrel finishing was a smart move. There's plenty of sweet vanilla and creamy coconut, plus a delicate spiciness from the ex-bourbon barrels in which most of the spirit was aged, but man...that little bit of creme brulee, brown sugar, and candied citrus peel from the rum casking really adds some flavorful power to the palate without weighing it down. While a smidgeon young, this is a great, easy drinking dram...perfect after a day of fighting with your small tractor's tiller's PTO shaft when it's 90 degrees in late September.