Country: Distilled, Aged and Blended in Scotland. Mixed with water and bottled in Brazil by Allied Domecq Brazil.
Brand: Teacher’s Highland Cream (Wm. Teacher & Sons Ltd.)
Type: Blended Whisky
Age: Unspecified but probably between 3 and 8 Years
Alcohol: 40%
Colour: Pale Gold
Nose: First impressions are Grains, Malt and Light Peat and Smoke. A bit of young Oak, harsh Alcohol, Vanilla and Spices.
Taste: Sugared lamp oil sprinkled with low quality pepper. Bit of Green Oak and Licorice.
Finish: It’s like holding a lump of sugar in your mouth that is slowly melting and is followed by something that resembles hot and bitter candle wax. Some Oak and Licorice as well. No use to spoil water on this blend!
Rating: 63
Nose: 17 - Taste: 15 - Finish: 15 - Overall: 16
General Remarks: Teacher’s Highland Cream is said to have a Malt content of around 45%, very high for a blended whisky. At its heart is the Ardmore Highland Distillery where the blend is produced. Glendronach is another important ingredient. Its nose should reveal Smoke and Chocolate and Butterscotch and Lemon and its taste should be creamy with Toffee and Sherry and Fruit with hints of Peat and Smoke. I can’t find anything like it in my glass today.
Drinking Experience Neat: Well Below Average.
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
Conclusion: I really don’t know if, and if yes, what happened with this whisky between it being distilled in Scotland and bottled in Brazil. Is only water added to the mixture received from Scotland? Because I find it hard to believe that I am drinking the same whisky that is highly praised in so many parts of the world. Or did I get a bad - or falsified bottle or something? I tasted a second bottle in September 2013. I wasn't that horrified this time, slightly adjusted the Tasting Notes and increased the Final score to 63 points. Still well below average of course. Not a Blend I can recommend, at least not the way it's marketed in Brazil.
Jan van den Ende January 18, 2012/September 27 2013
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