Sherry casks. An entire business unto themselves, the lack of old English ladies seemingly erupting from the earth to keep drinking it, sherry makers have started making a quick version of sherry, leaving it in the cask to season them, dumping it out, and boom, you got your casks.

I know that this isn’t done for all sherries. Hashtag Not All Sherries and all that. It is for some. And upon visiting Ireland, I found out that they bought a lot of these casks to use.

Which brings us to Teeling Brabazon Bottling Series 01. The first in the Brabazon series. This one is meant to explore how sherry impacts Teeling Whiskey. A total of six casks were used to make this whiskey.

The Brabazon name comes from one of the first families to come to the Liberties area of Dublin. The Liberties being where distilleries located themselves since…