Irish / irish whiskey

Yellow Spot

Yellow Spot is included in the PROOF launch collection.

46%ABV

12Age · years

Ink and watercolor study of an unbranded whisky bottle and tasting glass; not a product depiction — AN ILLUSTRATED SERVING STUDY · NOT THE ACTUAL BOTTLE

01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Yellow Spot · reference

Teeling Small Batch has less malt / cereal.

SweetnessKey differenceLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitNot enough data

Excluded from this fingerprint and comparison claims.

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceKey differenceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealKey differenceLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

Choose one bottle to compare · 1 selected.

Smoke × Body

Full-bodiedLight-bodied

Little smokeSmoke-led

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Nearby profiles from the full collection.

Teeling Small BatchTeeling Small Batch has less malt / cereal.Green SpotGreen Spot has less body and less oak.Redbreast Cask Strength 12Redbreast Cask Strength 12 has less body and less oak.Redbreast LustauRedbreast Lustau has more malt / cereal and more spice.Redbreast 15Redbreast 15 has much less dried fruit and less sweetness.

03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationAmerican bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry butts, and Spanish Malaga casks

Peat statusunpeated

Mash / grainsnot disclosed

Sources, confidence & score rationale

Current launch record; facts retain source and market qualifications.

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

[1] Official product source — yellow spot ↗ · producer
[2] Virginia ABC Q3 2026 Price List ↗ · catalog
Dated retail observation, not MSRP or a current offer.

Sweetness · 55
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Body · 65
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Smoke · 0
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Fresh fruit · Not enough data
Category default used because bottle-specific production input is unavailable; excluded from comparison prose and key-difference highlights.

Dried fruit · 45
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Floral · 0
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Spice · 25
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Oak · 65
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]

Malt / cereal · 20
Bottle-specific derivation from the verified production inputs in the launch research ledger. [1]