His main focus? The collapse of the Irish whiskey market and the subsequent closure of over 100 distilleries.

While Ireland was experiencing a sharp decline in Irish whiskey demand, John Teeling - an Irishman and descendant of Walter Teeling - was across the pond examining whiskey distilling and its possibilities while studying for his doctorate at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass. Distilling is in the DNA of the Teeling family. It wasn’t the only one: Between 18, the number of operational distilleries in Ireland shrank from over 100 to just two, neither of which was located in Dublin, leaving the city with no Irish whiskey producers. Shortly after the sale, Teeling was forced to close its doors due to insufficient demand for Irish whiskey. The Teeling distillery was open for just over a century before it was sold to a member of the Jameson family. At the time, Irish Whiskey was a booming industry, and there were 37 fully functioning, independent distilleries in the city. While the distillery we know today opened its doors in 2012, the true origins of the Teeling date all the way back to 1782 when Walter Teeling opened his first namesake distillery on Marrowbone Lane in Dublin. Teeling Whiskey dates all the way back to the 1800s. Now that you know the basics, here are eight more things you should know about Teeling Whiskey. Despite the fact that the distillery has only been operational for just over a decade - the Dublin distillery re-opened in 2012 - Teeling Whiskey is already one of the most awarded Irish Whiskey brands with over 300 international accreditations. Founded by brothers Jack and Stephen Teeling, the distillery exclusively produces small-batch bottlings that continuously push the boundaries of what it means to be an Irish whiskey.

The Teeling Whiskey on the market today was over a century in the making.

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