Teeling Whiskey Company Blaze a Golden Trail – Irish Whiskey News
Teeling Whiskey Company Blaze a Golden Trail
at Irish Whiskey Masters
TWC collects 2 Gold Medals in its first year in operation
The Teelings have continued their incredible record of producing gold standard Irish whiskeys as two of its Teeling Whiskey Company brands were awarded Gold Medals at the 2013 Irish Whiskey Masters which took place in London this week.
The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) collected two of the nine Gold Medals awarded at the 2013 Irish Whiskey Masters. When the Teelings where at the helm of Cooley Distillery, the Co. Louth operation won over 50 international Gold Medals for distilling excellence.
The two TWC whiskeys that attained the gold standard at the 2013 Irish Whiskey Masters were the Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey in the Irish Blended category and the Teeling 21YO Single Malt Silver Reserve in the Irish Single Malt – Super Premium category.
This is just the latest industry accolades awarded to the Teeling Whiskey Company. The Teeling Whiskey Small Batch received an “exceptional rating” of 91 and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Beverage Tasting Institute, the independent Chicago based drinks rating group. Whisky Advocate, the World’s leading Whiskey Magazine awarded a score of 91 to the Teeling Whiskey 21YO Vintage Reserve and the TWC also picked up two medals at both the 2013 International Wine & Spirits Competition and the International Spirits Challenge.
Jack Teeling, founder of the Teeling Whiskey Company, commented, “We are delighted that the first offerings from the Teeling Whiskey Company have been recognised by industry experts as being of Gold Medal standard. Our team’s wealth of Irish Whiskey industry experience has given us the confidence to diversify the category by producing interesting and unique small batch bottlings. We will continue to innovate and create new expressions of Ireland’s greatest export.”
Irish Blended Category
Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey Gold Medal
Irish Single Malt – Super Premium
Teeling 21YO Single Malt Silver Reserve Irish Whiskey Gold Medal
TWC Single Malt Silver Reserve
The Silver Reserve is the first release from the TWC Vintage Reserve Collection. The bottling consists of 21 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey distilled in 1991 and matured firstly in Bourbon casks then allowed to marry in Sauterne wine casks. This small batch bottling, limited to only 5,000 bottles, is the first ever Irish whiskey to be finished in Sauterne wine casks. The Silver Reserve 21 Year Old retails for approximately €180 (USD$239.00 / GBP£150).
TWC Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
Teeling Irish Whiskey is a small batch bottling from hand selected casks of Grain and Malt whiskey which are further matured in former Rum barrels. Teeling Irish Whiskey is bottled at 46% with no chill filtration which provides an extra sweet and smooth flavour making it truly a unique Irish Whiskey. Teeling Irish Whiskey retails for approximately €35 (USD$42 / GBP£32)
About the Teeling Whiskey Company
The Teeling Whiskey Company was founded by Jack Teeling in 2012 to bring back an independent voice to the Irish whiskey category. The Teeling Whiskey Company aims to be Ireland’s leading independent Irish Whiskey producer driving category choice and innovation through a selection of unique handcrafted small batch Irish whiskeys.
The Teeling family are more recently synonymous with Cooley Distillery– which when established in 1987 was the first Irish whiskey distillery set up in Ireland in over 100 years. However the family’s whiskey heritage dates back to distilling in Dublin in 1782 and Walter Teeling who set up a distillery in Marrowbone Lane in the Liberties.
Jack and his brother Stephen, Sales & Marketing Director, continue the Teeling entrepreneurial spirit and while initially starting out as an Independent bottler aim to get back into the distilling game to ensure a constant supply of Irish whiskey. The Teeling Whiskey Co.reviving the Independent Spirit of Ireland.
