Head to head · unusually close flavour match
Hibiki Japanese Harmony vs Teeling Small Batch
No flavour axis separates them. Teeling Small Batch publishes its cask types, Hibiki Japanese Harmony publishes none.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Hibiki Japanese Harmony | Teeling Small Batch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Blended scotch | Irish blend |
| Origin | Japan | Dublin, Ireland |
| Age | No age statement | No age statement |
| Strength | Not published | 46% ABV |
| Cask | Not disclosed | Ex-bourbon barrel, Central American rum cask |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £75 | £32 |
| Per 10cl | £11 | £4.57 |
| Per litre of alcohol | — | £99 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | No |
What separates them
Different countries: Hibiki Japanese Harmony from Japan, Teeling Small Batch from Dublin, Ireland.
Hibiki Japanese Harmony is a blended scotch, Teeling Small Batch a irish blend.
Neither carries an age statement, so neither discloses its youngest spirit.
Teeling Small Batch lists ex-bourbon barrel and central american rum cask. Hibiki Japanese Harmony publishes no cask detail at all.
Chill filtration: Hibiki Japanese Harmony does not say, Teeling Small Batch is not.
Hibiki Japanese Harmony: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Hibiki Japanese Harmony is £43 dearer a bottle than Teeling Small Batch.
Hibiki Japanese Harmony publishes no strength, so we will not cost it per litre of alcohol.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Hibiki Japanese Harmony | Teeling Small Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 1 | 0 |
| Sweet | 7 | 7 |
| Fruity | 7 | 6 |
| Spicy | 4 | 5 |
| Woody | 4 | 4 |
| Sherried | 3 | 3 |
| Cereal | 4 | 5 |
| Oily | 5 | 7 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is oily, 5 against 7.
Identical on sweet, woody and sherried.
Each bottle in its own right
Hibiki Japanese Harmony
Honey, orange blossom and a whisper of incense. Delicate to the point of shy.
We cannot publish an ABV. Suntory's Japanese Harmony page states none, and the Japanese site renders its specs via JavaScript, so the widely repeated 43% is not something we can source. Suntory also names Mizunara only as a tasting note, not a declared cask type — so the common 'partly matured in Mizunara' claim is not supported by the producer's own wording.
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 →Both listed for highball; only Hibiki Japanese Harmony for gift; only Teeling Small Batch for value at 46% and first irish whiskey.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Hibiki Japanese Harmony and Teeling Small Batch: house.suntory.com, teelingwhiskey.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.