Head to head · unusually close flavour match
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years vs Teeling Small Batch
No flavour axis separates them, so the difference on record is disclosure: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years states 10 years, Teeling Small Batch states no age.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years | Teeling Small Batch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Irish blend |
| Origin | Islay, Scotland | Dublin, Ireland |
| Age | 10 years | No age statement |
| Strength | 50% ABV | 46% ABV |
| Cask | First-fill and refill ex-bourbon American oak, ex-wine casks | Ex-bourbon barrel, Central American rum cask |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £46 | £32 |
| Per 10cl | £6.57 | £4.57 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £131 | £99 |
| Chill-filtered | No | No |
What separates them
Different countries: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years from Islay, Scotland, Teeling Small Batch from Dublin, Ireland.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is a single malt, Teeling Small Batch a irish blend.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years states 10 years; Teeling Small Batch states none.
Cask as each producer describes it: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years in first-fill and refill ex-bourbon american oak and ex-wine casks, Teeling Small Batch in ex-bourbon barrel and central american rum cask.
Neither is chill-filtered.
Colour: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years natural colour, Teeling Small Batch silent.
What the price buys
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is £14 dearer a bottle than Teeling Small Batch.
Strength keeps that ordering: £99 a litre of pure alcohol for Teeling Small Batch against £131.
Across the 32 bottles we can cost this way, Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years is 14th cheapest and Teeling Small Batch 3rd cheapest.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years | Teeling Small Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 2 | 0 |
| Sweet | 6 | 7 |
| Fruity | 7 | 6 |
| Spicy | 5 | 5 |
| Woody | 5 | 4 |
| Sherried | 3 | 3 |
| Cereal | 6 | 5 |
| Oily | 7 | 7 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is peaty, 2 against 0.
Identical on spicy, sherried and oily.
Each bottle in its own right
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years
Barley sugar, sea air and citrus at a proper 50%. Unpeated Islay, which surprises people.
Now carries a 10-year age statement — it was NAS 'Scottish Barley' for years and most sites still publish it that way. Every bottle prints a recipe code that unlocks the exact cask-by-cask recipe and barley origin for that batch, batch disclosure no other major Scotch brand offers. Bottled at 50% rather than the usual 40-46%, which the producer states explicitly.
Full record →Teeling Small Batch
Vanilla and spiced rum sweetness at 46%, non-chill-filtered. Remarkable for the money.
Fully aged in ex-bourbon, then married in Central American rum casks for 'up to 12 months' — note that is a ceiling, not a fixed period.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years for value at 50%, transparency and unpeated islay, Teeling Small Batch for value at 46%, first irish whiskey and highball.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 10 Aged Years and Teeling Small Batch: bruichladdich.com, teelingwhiskey.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.