Credits: Article and images by Ken Gargett @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/10/04/teeling-explorers-series-japanese-edition-15-year-old-whiskey/
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Teeling had sold Cooley in 2011, but they maintained control of mature stocks of whiskey. These would prove crucial to their whiskies over the next decade and longer.
They had history. Back in 1782, Walter Teeling had established a distillery in Dublin on Marrowbone Road. It was Walter’s descendants, Jack and Stephen, who opened the new distillery in 2012. Their pot still produces half a million litres a year.
Teeling 24-Year-Old Single Malt whiskey: 2016 ‘World’s Best Irish Single Malt’
As well as the World’s Best Malt mentioned above, in 2016, at the World Whiskies Awards, they also won ‘World’s Best Irish Single Malt’. When last we looked at Teeling, we brought forth some contrary views, but for me, and many others, they make some superb whiskies.
The Explorers Series is usually sold in travel retail, but with this latest, the Japanese Edition, it is available more widely.
The previous Edition in the Explorers Series was a twelve-year-old whiskey, the Brazilian Edition. It was initially matured in Bourbon casks before it was finished in virgin Amburana Brazilian Hardwood.
Teeling Explorers Series Japanese Edition 15-Year-Old Whiskey
The latest in the Explorers Series, the 15-Year-Old Japanese Series, is 46%. No chill filtration. After time in ex-Bourbon casks, eleven years, it was finished in casks that previously held Mugi Shochu, for four years.
Mugi Shochu is a Japanese spirit distilled from grains. It is made from a mix of corn and malted barley.
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Credits: Article and images by Ken Gargett @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/10/04/teeling-explorers-series-japanese-edition-15-year-old-whiskey/
