Head to head · unusually close flavour match
Kavalan Classic Single Malt vs Teeling Small Batch
These two are not in the same bracket: £214 a litre of pure alcohol for Kavalan Classic Single Malt against £99 for Teeling Small Batch.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Kavalan Classic Single Malt | Teeling Small Batch | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Irish blend |
| Origin | Taiwan | Dublin, Ireland |
| Age | No age statement | No age statement |
| Strength | 40% ABV | 46% ABV |
| Cask | American oak | Ex-bourbon barrel, Central American rum cask |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £60 | £32 |
| Per 10cl | £8.57 | £4.57 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £214 | £99 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | No |
What separates them
Different countries: Kavalan Classic Single Malt from Taiwan, Teeling Small Batch from Dublin, Ireland.
Kavalan Classic Single Malt is a single malt, Teeling Small Batch a irish blend.
Neither carries an age statement, so neither discloses its youngest spirit.
Cask as each producer describes it: Kavalan Classic Single Malt in american oak, Teeling Small Batch in ex-bourbon barrel and central american rum cask.
Chill filtration: Kavalan Classic Single Malt does not say, Teeling Small Batch is not.
Kavalan Classic Single Malt: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Kavalan Classic Single Malt is £28 dearer a bottle than Teeling Small Batch.
Strength keeps that ordering: £99 a litre of pure alcohol for Teeling Small Batch against £214.
Across the 32 bottles we can cost this way, Kavalan Classic Single Malt is 28th cheapest and Teeling Small Batch 3rd cheapest.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Kavalan Classic Single Malt | Teeling Small Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 0 | 0 |
| Sweet | 7 | 7 |
| Fruity | 8 | 6 |
| Spicy | 4 | 5 |
| Woody | 5 | 4 |
| Sherried | 3 | 3 |
| Cereal | 4 | 5 |
| Oily | 6 | 7 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is fruity, 8 against 6.
Identical on peaty, sweet and sherried.
Each bottle in its own right
Kavalan Classic Single Malt
Mango and coconut — subtropical maturation doing something Scotland cannot.
Matures in Yilan's heat, losing far more to evaporation each year than a Scottish warehouse.
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: Kavalan Classic Single Malt for something different and fruit-forward drinkers, Teeling Small Batch for value at 46%, first irish whiskey and highball.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Kavalan Classic Single Malt and Teeling Small Batch: kavalanwhisky.com, teelingwhiskey.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.