Whiskey Chats: Recent Episodes
Laurie O'Dwyer
Join me, Laurie O'Dwyer, on my whiskey apprenticeship, as I have a bit of craic chatting to guests about all things Irish whiskey and spirits.
Join me for My Live Festival Chat Noel Sweeney - Master Distiller.
Noel is famous for his amazing time as Master Distiller at Cooley Distillery, where he became responsible for releasing alot of the amazing Irish whiskeys that we all love today. His Cooley malts and single grains are still being released by different brands and bottlers to this day, to massive plaudits.
Right now, one of Noel's focuses is on his blended whiskey from his collaboration with the famous dancer Michael Flatley called...... Flatley Whiskey. He was at the Cork on a Fork festival in Cork in August 2024, where we sat down for a Live audience chat, as one of the many events at the festival.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Live Chat at Cork on a Fork Festival
I was asked to do a number of Live podcasts at a recent foodie festival in Cork - Cork on a Fork.
I set up a podcast studio in the top floor bar of Cork Opera House in August 2024, in front of a Live audience, where my guests and I shared some very interesting drinks and chats.
My 3 guests were:
Mark Lonergan - ex-manager of The Shelbourne Whiskey Bar in Cork
Barry Walsh from Killahora Orchards
Liam Murray - President of Cork Whiskey Society
It was an afternoon of fine guests, fine drinks and some fine chats.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My McConnell's Distillery Chat with Graham Millar, Head Distiller.
Myself and Sonya visited McConnel's Distillery, in the old Crumlin Road Jail in Belfast, whilst up at Belfast Whiskey Week 2024.
Graham showed us around their amazing converted and renovated centuries old prison wing, that is now their Distillery!
The project was started over a decade ago by another party and the current shareholders were able to finally complete the earlier vision this year, by turning on the stills and starting to produce again, as one of only 2 distilleries now in Belfast city, once one of the powerhouses of whiskey production in the British empire.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Cask Chat with Gary Ring in Boann Distillery.
I visited Gary a while back, firstly joining him for a cuppa and bickie in Boann's "Distiller's Cottage", in Kestral Manor!!! I kid you not, very bougie...
Gary is a distiller in Boann distillery and one of the most enthusiatic proponents of whiskey production in Irish whiskey industry..... with the added bonus of being from Cork! Lucky guy...
We wandered over to the distillery and proceded to completely ignore his workshop - the stillhouse. Instead we got completely distracted with the warehouses full of wondrous casks. It was some journey...
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Titanic Distillery Chat with Damien Rafferty.
We recently visited Titanic Distillery at the Belfast city docks, while we were attending Belfast Whiskey Week 2025.
We met up with Head Distiller Damien and we went for a stroll and a chat around the distillery building, finding out more about the Titanic Distillery project.
It is an amazing building, the old pumphouse of the dry dock where the fateful Titanic was actually built. Huge history, huge stories, huge legacy...... I highly recommend a visit if you're at a loose end in Belfast.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Copeland Distillery Chat with Gareth Irvine.
We recently visited Copeland Distillery on The Ards peninsula in Co. Down while we we attending Belfast Whiskey Week 2025.
I chatted to owner and founder Gareth Irvine about his amazing distillery that he started as part of a college module!..
It is a fantastic little distillery, in a picturesque seaside town, just of the main quay in Donaghadee. There is a coffee dock at the edge of the production area..... in the stillhouse! You can visit, enjoy a coffee and a bun and watch the entire days activities as the distillery team mash, ferment and distill tomorrow's whiskey and gin.
Very cool.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Sarah Dowling, Cooley Distillery's Head Blender.
I have wanted to see beyond the gates of the iconic Cooley Distillery for years. I finally got the opportunity and Head Blender and ex Distillery Manager Sarah Dowling showed me around.
To say it was amazing is an understatement. It turns out that Cooley is a little bit boutiquey..... not the behemoth that everyone thinks it is. It is medium craft distillery that has left a very large footprint on Irish Whiskey and it was an honour to be shown around by Sarah.
Full disclosure: I had microphone issues for this podcast, but with a sprinling of magic and wizardry, I managed to isolate the voices and save the podcast. New mics have now been purchased........ ; )
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Wee Pub Chat with Anthony & Katie Sheehy.
Anthony & Katie founded Irish Whiskey Auctions, the monthly whiskey auction in Ireland and sponsor of Whiskey Chats.
They then co-founded Irish Whiskey Experiences with Barry Chandler, where they have had huge successes with their Whiskey Bus tours and upcoming Whiskey Cruise in Nov 2025.
But deep in the wee county of Louth, straddling the Northern Irish border, is the best wee pub around - JJ Sheehy's - another part of their empire!! This is now where they call home and where I joined them of an evening in the bar, where we sat, chatted, drank and swapped stories.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Tracey Clarke in Kilbeggan.
Tracey has worked as a Tour Guide in Kilbeggan Distillery for over 23yrs. She is part of the local community and would have grown up knowing it as the Old Locke's Distillery, after the family that previously owned it and ran it.
It is an amazingly well preserved example of Victorian, Industrial revolution era equipment and machinery, mingled into a distillery experience and working micro distillery onsite.
I would highly recommend you visit and experience it for yourself..... maybe ask for Tracey as your tour guide....
I learned an awful lot and I hope you do too.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
- www.killowendistillery.com
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Enguerrand Vandenbossche.
Enguerrand is a French trained cooper, who was the Head Cooper in Tullamore Dew Distillery until 2022, owned by Beam Suntory, after working in France and for a time in Scotland at some of their industrial cooperages.
For the past 2yrs, he has been working at the Good Spirits Co. in Dundalk. They are behind the Grace O'Malley whiskey brand and also store and bottle for many of the whiskey brands you see on the shelves.
He is a very knowledgeable fella and I've been looking forward to chatting with him for a long time.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Gearóid Cahill in Slane Distillery.
Gearóid is one of the only Master Brewers AND Master Distillers working in the alcohol industry.
He spent nearly 20yrs as one of Diageo's top brewers, before going to work as Head Distiller for the fledgling Slane Distillery in Co. Meath, in the shadow of the famous concert venue, Slane Castle.
They are a really interesting small distillery as they run column stills and grow most of their grain on the 1500 acre Slane farm.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Connor Howlett at Stillgarden Distillery, in the heart of Dublin city.
Connor has worked as a brand ambassador and chief gardener at Stillgarden for a couple of years now, after he finished his English and Film degree in 2021. He is very passionate about creating spirits of real integrity and it was a pleasure to spend an afternoon chatting with him.
Stillgarden Distillery make modern Irish spirits using as many local grown botanicals as we can and capture those amazing flavours through some very cool science. They have a gin school onsite and offer training and experiences for many different groups.
I have uploaded images of most of the bottles spoken about in this episode exclusively to my Patreon Channel. Join below.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.
Laurie
Join me for My Historic Bottle Chat with Leo Phelan.
Leo is a lifelong whiskey enthusiast. He has been knee deep in the Irish whiskey world for over 20yrs.
He is a founding member and former president of the Irish Whiskey Society. He has become one of the authorities on historic Irish whiskey bottles in Ireland and is regularly consulted on authenticating bottles.
He has amassed an amazing collection of historic bottles himself and I visited Leo at his home, to chat about his collection and learn a little more about his fascinating legacy Irish bottles.
I have uploaded images of most of the bottles spoken about in this episode exclusively to my Patreon Channel. Join below.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.
Laurie
Join me for My Peated Garden Chat with JP, Kevin & Aidan.
JP O'Riordan, Kevin Murphy & Aidan McGovern called up to my back garden and we had a fantastic afternoon chatting about peated/ turfed/ smoky whiskeys, beer and a cocktail.
I love recording the Garden Chats, they're the most fun. Always good to share great drops with buddies.
This is part 1, there is another part to be released next.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with John O'Connell in West Cork Distillers in Skibbereen.
My wife Sonya and I visited John on a very, very rainy Saturday afternoon and we were welcomed with open arms. What an amazing distillery John O'Connell, Ger McCarthy and Denis McCarthy have built. Supporting well over 200 local jobs in their locality, buying only Irish grain for use in the distillery and running over 16 different stills with 4 more in production, this is an impressive large craft operation.
You will not find a more intelligent, gentle and humble person in the Irish whiskey industry than John O'Connell.
A big thanks to Cathal O'Brien from West Cork Distillers for arranging this for me.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Stephen D'alton, co-author of Wise's Irish Whiskey book.
Stephen recently collaborated with the legendary Midleton Master Distiller Emeritus Barry Crockett on a book detailing the story behind the distilling Wise family dynasty in Cork.
The Wise's once ran the highest output Irish Whiskey distillery in the 1800's, at North Mall Distillery along the banks of the River Lee in Cork city, exporting to the far flung corners of the British Empire and the Americas.
Stephen and I had a fantastic, rambling, chat about their book and inevitably meandered our way to all sorts of topics.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Bill Lark, the Godfather of Australian Whiskey.
Bill & his wife Lyn were responsible for reigniting the Australian whiskey industry in the early 90's. His brand Lark Distillery is still going and he is still involved in Lark Distillery in an ambassadorial role. His is a truly fascinating tale of what you can achieve when you set your mind on a lofty goal.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Tasmanian Whiskey Garden Chat with Dan, Paul Costello & JP.
This Garden Chat was recorded a couple of months back. I was gifted a box of Tasmanian Whiskey samples from Transportation Whiskey founder John Halton up at Belfast Whiskey Week 2023, who is one of the biggest advocates for Irish Whiskey in Australia and Tassie Whiskey in Ireland. It is a selection from some of the many distilleries in Tasmania and it didn't disappoint.
JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington and Paul Costello joined me in my back garden and we had a ball discovering all these new flavours.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, Paul Costello & JP O'Riordan.
My 3 buddies called up to my back garden a couple of weeks ago and we cracked open many bottles and samples of liquids we had never heard of. Join us as we discover some amazing new liquds and spirits and have a laugh aswell along the way.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Alex Thomas, Master Blender with Bushmill's Distillery.
Alex has spent most of her career in Bushmill's. A couple of year's ago she was afforded the honour of developing her own brand within the distillery and so The Sextant was born. From there she progressed from Master Blender of The Sextant to Master Blender of Bushmills, a position she cherishes. It was amazing to hear the passion Alex has for her role and Bushmills is in safe hands with her as Master Blender.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Ronan Collins from Redacted Independent Bottlers.
I met up with Ronan before Xmas in The Palace bar on Fleet St in Dublin. We had a great chat about Ronan and Michael Cowman's new Indy Bottler company, Redacted.
Redacted have 2 releases to date - Killowen Single Cask and their new 200ml 'Naggin' series, the first being a 20yr old Single Grain from Cooley finished in a Barolo wine cask from Italy. They are both great releases IMHO.
I hope you enjoy the chat from the cosy atmosphere of The Palace bar.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Gavin Clifford from Garden County Distillery.
Their new distillery is not producing just yet, but it's not for the lack of equipment. It's all there and they are on the cusp of turning on the stills in the very near future, so it was great to get the opportunity to see Garden County Distillery in this fledging stage.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Walking Chat with Ger Garland from Keepers Heart Whiskey.
Ger and I walked around Dublin city centre before Xmas, to shoot the breeze and catch up on his new role as Global Brand Advocacy Manager for Keepers Heart, having spent most of his career as one of the faces of Irish Distillers / Midleton. The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted Keepers Heart bottles in many, many pubs across Ireland, so Ger is busy getting the brand out there, but he spared a few minutes for me to catch-up.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Dave Mulligan in Bar 1661.
Dave opened Bar 1661 a number of years ago, to showcase poitín and cocktails. In those few short years, he has built one of the most respected cocktail bars in Europe, won multiple awards including Best Bar at the Irish Bar of the Year Awards in 2022 and has attracted some of the best bar staff in Dublin to come work there. It is an amazing bar and I managed to squeeze a few minutes from Dave to sit for a chat.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Dr Jack O'Shea in Clontarf Castle.
Jack started his distilling career in 1979 with Cooley Distillery. He has worked around the world, helped and advised many of our current distilleries to get started, educated many of the distillers currently working in the whiskey industry through his teaching with the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and also found time to be a past president of the Irish Whiskey Society. I am skipping over alot of his career.......
I've been looking forward to sitting and chatting with Jack for a couple of years now and we finally made it happen....... inside the ancient 'keep' that sits proudly alongside the reception of the hotel. It was a bit special.....
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Barry Crockett at the silent North Mall Distillery in the heart of Cork City.
This is a cracking episode. What an amazing chance I got, to record with one of the most significant distillers of the modern era.
Barry took over as Master Distiller from his father Max Crockett, at the old Midleton Distillery; at the time when the New Midleton Distillery was in the planning and commissioning stage in late 1970's Ireland. I got to ask him about that time on this podcast.
But we spent an afternoon strolling around the remnants of what was North Mall Distillery and discussing his research into his recently released book 'Wise's Irish Whiskey', which he co-wrote with Stephen D'alton.
Link for Wise's Irish Whiskey book by Barry Crockett & Stephen D'alton:
https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/9781782055754/wises-irish-whiskey/
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
What an honour, I hope you enjoy our chat.
Laurie
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Fionnán O'Connor.
This episode with Fionnán was recorded just after he submitted his doctural thesis on Historic Irish Mashbills and then embarked on a trip to Italy and France, visiting distilleries, libraries, universities and places of significance in the history of distilling in Europe. He had a very interesting journey and I was dying to find out more about it.
We met over Zoom, had some cracking drops and had a great oul' chat.
Drops on the night:
- Redbreast 10yr Cast Strength
- Irish Whiskey Society Marrowbone Lane 11yr old Trad Pot Still
- Killowen Peated Pot Still finished in Tawny Port cask
Link for Fionnán's crowdfund project: www.creatur.ie
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Cooperage Chat with Ian Leonard from Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Cooperage.
Ian served his cooper's apprenticeship under the legenary Scottish Cooper John Neilly. He has carried forward his traditional skills from his master to Kentucky Bourbon Barrel, which is the Irish subsidiary of a huge American stave company, who are currently managing 22,000 barrels in Ireland. It is an impressive operation.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Mike & Peter Clancy from Lough Ree Distillery.
Mike and Peter were in Cork for the launch of Cork Whiskey Society's inaugural Exclusive Bottling, Lough Ree Sheares St. While they were knocking about my way, I said it would be a travesty if I didn't catch them for a chat, so i did. We met up in the back bar of the Imperial Hotel and I had a ball finding out all about the Lough Ree project.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with John Cashman in Powerscourt Distillery.
I visited John a couple of weeks ago and learned all about the Powerscourt Distillery project from one of the Irish Whiskey Industry's long time advocates.
John is one those guys who pounded pavements throughout the world, singing the praises and raising the profile of Irish Whiskey, long before the current resurgence and interest.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Walking Chat with Eddie O'Halloran at Watercourse Distillery.
Eddie worked at the now silent Watercourse Distillery in Blackpool, on the northside of Cork City, before going on to work in Midleton Distillery until 2016.
He worked in Watercourse Distillery in the late 60's / early 70's just before it closed, as part of the amalgamation of it's parent company Cork Distilleries Company into Irish Distillers, along with Jameson and Powers.
We walked around Blackpool village, in what's is left of both Watercourse and The Green Distilleries, both once part of CDC and Eddie peeled back the remnants of what was once a sprawling column distillery.
.......This is a cracker.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for 96hr early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Ian Garratt aka John McDougal.
Ian has many FaceBook groups under his belt - Friends of Waterford, Friends of Bruichladdich, Friends of Midleton and now Friends of Irish Whiskey.
He has an impecable talent for releasing fantastic spirits within these groups and he kindly agreed, eventually, to sit for a chat with me.
We met up in Bar 1661 on Green St, Dublin. Thanks to Dave Mulligan for allowing us the use of the space. It's one of the best cocktail and poitín bars in Ireland, Well worth a visit next time you're in Dublin.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for 96hr early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My with Robert Johnson from Irish Whiskey Auctions.
Rob has been part of the IWA team since near the start. He doesn't have an exact job title, but he kinda does a bit of everything. I jumped onboard his WA wagon in August 2023, to keep him company on his monthly bottle collection rounds. We travelled from Cork To Cahir and back again and we had a grand chat about..... yup, whiskey. He's an interesting lad.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for 96hr early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Brian Mongan from Great Northern Distillery.
I visited with Brian in Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk and I must have seen every dept in the place with him, on our stroll around. What a magnificent place John Teeling has built, such great people and whiskey. We finished up in the blending lab, where I bumped into GND's newest apprentice blender, Jade Sheehy. She had a twinkle in her eye soon after I arrived and quickly asked Brian if she should pull out 'The Bottle'...... I won't spoil it, you'll have to listen to the end..... but I think they made my decade with the gift they allowed me to sample. Amazing...
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Jarrod Cuffe from Off The Cuffe Bitters.
I visited with Jarrod in The Chocolate Factory in Dublin a few weeks ago, to learn more about Off The Cuffe Bitters and Zeit Cocktails, that he has successfully released in the RTD (Ready To Drink) market.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
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Laurie
Join me for this Bonus Episode - My Live Online Tasting pt1
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
- Irish Whiskey Auctions
- www.boanndistillery.ie
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Lauren McMullan, the new manager of Irish Whiskey Experiences.
Lauren was the face of Bushmills Distillery for the past 5 years, having worked there 10 years, first as a tour guide and has spent the past 5 years as Brand Embassador for the island of Ireland.
She has moved to a new role as manger with irishwhiskeyexperiences.com , where she aims to brings her wealth of experience and contacts to create amazing experiences for whiskey enthusiasts and visitors to Ireland looking to create those special memories.
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Irish Whiskey Auctions
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Chat with Alex Chasko, Head Distiller with Teeling Distillery.
I met Alex on the roof balcony of Teeling distillery, in the heart of The Liberties area of Dublin City centre. He has been with the Teeling family through to the sale of Cooley Distillery days, to when John Teeling's sons, Jack & Steven founded Teeling Distillery.
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Irish Whiskey Auctions
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with John Wilcox in Blackwater Distillery, on the Cork / Waterford border. What an interesting lad he is.....
Head Distiller John, is American by birth, but I think he has become an honorary Irishman. His love and passion for the historic legacy of Irish Pot Still whiskey is large as Blackwater Distillery's founder, Peter Mulryan. I really enjoyed my visit to Blackwater. I have high expectations for their whiskey in the coming years.
John's dog Finnegan shadowed us for much of our chat, stealing as many rubs and pats as he could. A distillery dog is a welcome like no other.
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Irish Whiskey Auctions
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Walking Tour Chat with Chris Hennessy, as I explored Kilkenny city's rich alcohol history. Chris guided me through the streets of Kilkenny, dropping his usual knowledge bombs as we went. Fantastic.
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Irish Whiskey Auctions
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Laurie
Join me for My Tasting Chat with Barry Chandler in the iconic Hi-B Bar in the heart of Cork City centre, across from the GPO, above a pharmacy. I asked Barry to do a tasting for the Cork Whiskey Society in April 2023 and got permission to record it. Barry has been releasing private bottlings through his Stories & Sips Whiskey Club and Cork Whiskey Society were lucky enough to taste all 6 releases together.
Flight of the night:
The Story - J.J. Corry blend
The Craic - Two Stacks 12yr old Single Grain
The Cliffs of Moher - J.J. Corry Single Malt Palo Cortado Qtr Cask
The Cliffs of Moher - J.J. Corry Single Pot Still Oloroso Qtr Cask
Talnua Single Pot Still Bottled in Bond (Colorado, USA)
Shortcross Peated Single Malt
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by www.irishwhiskeyauctions.com
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Laurie
I spent a couple of days last February 2023, in bitter freezing conditions, above in Killowen Distillery on work experience. Brendan Carty and his distiller Hugh allowed me to get stuck into every aspect of production that week. But on the last day, as we were falling upwards towards the distillery along the frozen mountain lane entrance, Brendan asked if I'd like to run his new micro 100ltr Column Still that day, a well as making the pot still cuts. Well, who could pass on that offer!
I strapped a couple of mics onto myself and Brendan for 4hrs and edited it down to just over an hour, but i think it gives you a good flavour of a day in Killowen Distillery.
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Laurie
Join me for My Unicorn Whiskey Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, Paul Costello and Conor Ryan from Pearse Lyons Distillery & Cork Whiskey Society.
I was lucky enough to be gifted a few samples and I saved them up to share with the lads in my back garden. They ranged from brand new whiskeys to a couple of decades old. That's what whiskey is all about, having a bit of craic and always learning from each other.
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Blind Tasting Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, Paul Costello and Conor Ryan from Pearse Lyons Distillery & Cork Whiskey Society.
Chris Hennessy, all round whiskey and cocktail guru, gifted me a bag when i was up in Kilkenny with him in Jan 2023. In it, he had put together a blind tasting of spirits for my next Garden Chat. So myself and the 3 lads duly tucked into the samples Chris had put together to guess what they were.......and we didn't do too badly this time!
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Laurie
Join me for My Street Chat with Master Distiller Brian Nation from O'Shaughnessy Distillery in Minnesota. Brian has recently moved to the US with his family, after a long and distinguished career with Midleton Distillery. Their new brand, Keepers Heart Irish + American whiskey, has just been released in Ireland and Brian joined me outside The Shelbourne Bar for a Street Chat on MacCurtain St in Cork City, as part of Cork Whiskey Fest 2023.
We had a great laugh being heckled and interupted by whiskey celebrities down for the festival, kids, cars........and we even got a wee tune in!
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I hope you enjoy our chat,
Laurie
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Peter Cooney in Boann Distillery in Meath.
Nestled in an celtic tiger era car sales showroom, off the M1 motorway from Dublin to Belfast is a rather special distillery doing rather special things. The Cooney family's Boann Distillery has come to prominance of late with their vintage mashbill programme, as part of Fionnán O'Connor's Doctoral thesis on historic mashbills. After my visit, I see why Fionnán had as much success as he did with his vintage multi-grain mashes. The equipment the distiller's have at their disposal is some of the best in Ireland, from their mash conversion vessels for mashing unmalted grains to the floor of deep fermenters always on the bubble. It's a little gem of a distillery and I thoroughly enjoyed exploring every nook and cranny of the place with my host, Peter.
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I hope you enjoy listening in on our rambling chat around the distillery, Sláinte.
Join me for My Bond Chat in 2 Stacks with Shane McCarthy & Liam Brogan.
I visited the lads in their bonded warehouse HQ on the outskirts of Newry City in Co. Down.
They have an impressive amount of casks and IBC's of whiskey maturing in the bond. The lads have developed a huge following both domestically and in foreign markets and have their finger on the pulse internationally on the Irish whiskey category. Very interesting.
I hope you enjoy the chat, Sláinte!
Join me for the Launch of Powers Irish Rye Whiskey with Head Powers Distiller, Eric Ryan.
What a chat!
(Totally chuffed to be asked to do this Irish launch)
Irish Distillers - Pernod Ricard started a program of Rye cultivation in Wexford back in 2016.
Today, Monday 20th February 2023, sees the fruition of this project.
Welcome, Powers Irish Rye Whiskey to the Powers family.
Drops of the night:
Powers Light Pot New Make 82%
Powers Gold Distiller's Cut 43.2%
Powers 3 Swallows 40%
Powers John's Lane 46%
Powers Irish Rye 43.2%
I hope you enjoy our chat, Sláinte
Join me for My Chat with Stephen Murphy from Old Carrick Mill Distillery in Co. Monaghan.
Stephen has undertaken to restore and convert an old woolen mill into a distillery, but is operating his self-designed stills from a warehouse a feet away, on the site.
I had the opportunity to visit him and was hudely impressed with Stephen and the entire project. He is currently selling sourced whiskey under the May Loag brand and gin under the Old Carrick Mill brand, distilled onsite.
I hope you enjoy listening in on our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Chat in Fore Distillery with Oliver Guirke and his buddy Kevin.
A boutique distillery, nestled away in the gorgeous hills of Westmeath, Fore Distillery is quietly distilling their own Poitíns and Rums. Through Oliver's experience distilling in the US, he has built a craft distillery operation with the best of equipment. No wonder he is producing the quality spirit that he is. I really enjoyed my visit.
I hope you enjoy the chat,
Sláinte!
Join me for My Chat with Drew Hannush from the Whiskey Lore podcast series.
Drew has a real passion and knowledge of Irish whiskey and recently undertook a trip around the island of Ireland, visiting most of our whiskey distilleries. Off the back of this, he wrote a fantastic book - Whiskey Lore's Guide to Experiencing Irish Whiskey.
Available now on Amazon - https://bit.ly/3CLw6J3
Drew also has two great podcasts - Whiskey Lore: Stories & Whiskey Lore: The Interviews.
Check them out.
I really enjoyed enjoyed our chat. I hope you enjoy it too, Sláinte
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Carol Quinn, Midleton Distillery's resident archivist.
Carol is the person that the IDL people come to, whenever they want to develop a new label or advertising campaign.
She holds the keys to the extensive archives that have been passed down from all of the companys that now make up Irish Distillers
- Powers, Jameson, Redbreast, Cork Distillers Company etc. Her depth of knowledge is extensive and I always enjoy learning from Carol.
I hope you enjoy the chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Live Chat at Poitín Now, which took place in Dublin on 20 Nov 2022.
What a craic I had, speaking to everyone there:
Michael O'Boyle from Baoilleach Distillery,
Dave Mulligan from Bar 1661,
Peter Mulryan from Blackwater Distillery,
Brendan Carty From Killowen Distillery,
Jarrod Cuffe from Off The Cuffe Bitters,
Jennifer Nickerson from Tipperary Distillery,
Shane McCarthy from Two Stacks,
And of course, the man of the hour, Fran 'The Man' Leavey who put the whole gig together.
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Have a listen in on my chat, Sláinte.
Join me My Garden Chat in the Whiskey Bunker with Dan Pennington, Aidan McGovern and Paul Costello.
The lads joined me in my back garden workshop, where we proceded to taste rare liquids and have a bit of craic.
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Join me for My 2nd Chat with Michael Cowman from Last Drop Distillers, the premium independant bottlers who curate unicorn casks of the rarest vintage.
I met up with Mick in Serghios Florides, owner of Irish Whiskey Magazine, in his apartment in the old Jones Road Distillery building that used to produce DWD whiskey, before we headed off to the Irish Whiskey Awards 2022. Thanks to Serg for helping me out with a 'studio' location. Follow Mick across socials as @lordofthelastdrop
https://www.lastdropdistillers.com/
Drops of the night:
The Last Drop Drew 48yr old Signature Blend by Drew Mayville
The Last Drop 1969 Glenrothes Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Tiny Tipple Blind Tasting Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, Aidan McGovern & Paul Costello.
When Ivor O'Loughlin launched his Tiny Tipple sample service over lockdown, it was instantly lauded for the quality of service, labelling and personal touch that Ivor gave to each customer. He has decided to wind up his involvment in the business and to give him Tiny Tipple the send off it deserves, he sent me down a blind tasting pack to share with a couple of my buddies. We had great craic, out my back garden, trying to figure out what the samples were, whilst making complete eejits of ourselves in doing so.
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Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Bridger Kelleher from Western Herd Brewery. I joined Bridger at the brewery in Co Clare, where I spent 3 days getting hands on work experience brewing. It was a proper education for me. Thanks to Bridger for his time and knowledge.
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Join me for My Whiskey & Wine Chat with Dave Marra. I joined Dave at his home in Co Clare, where we delved into the wines that influence so many of the whiskeys we love. It was a proper education for me. I hope you get as much from the chat as I did.
Drops of the night:
2001 Chateau Coutet Sauternes
Bunnahabhain 18yr Single Malt 2019 Feis Ile Sauternes finish
Fontodi Vin Sato del Chianti Classico 2009
Celtic Cask 33 vin Santo
Van Zellers Late Bottle Vintage 2016
Van Zellers 10yr Tawny
Dingle Single Malt Batch 6 Cask Strength
Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Chat with Kate and Denis Dempsey from Kinsale Mead Co.
They have revived the ancient tradition of Mead making in Ireland. Mead is a fermented honey drink that can trace its roots back to 6000 bc in China.
Kate and Denis set up a meadery in Kinsale, Co. Cork a number of years back and have been winning awards ever since for this quality and tasty beverage.
Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
My Chat with David Walsh Kemiss from Ballykilcavan farm and brewery.
David is a 13th generation owner of Ballykilcavan, which is a working farm and brewey amongst other things.
He grows barley for Waterford Distillery and also owns Kylebeg Wood, from where Irish Distillers felled the Irish Oak for their Dair Ghaelach release a couple of years ago.
I had a great time having a look around his historic buildings and also visited one of the Dair Ghaelach stumps in Kylebeg Wood.
http://www.ballykilcavan.com/
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Oak Chat with Paddy Purser in Knockrath Forest, in the foothills of Glendalough. Paddy is a forestry manager and consultant and an expert on Irish Oak. He is the consultant to Irish Distillers and Glendalough Distillery for their Irish Oak projects, like the Dair Ghaelach series from Midleton and Single Pot Still Virgin Irish Oak from Glendalough. We walked around the forest, visiting the various stumps where the Mighty Oaks stood that were felled for the Dair Ghaelach whiskey series. I learned alot and I hope you do to. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for part 2 of My 100th Episode Online Warehouse Tasting, that I did on YouTube. The video is up on my Youtube channel, but this is it in bitesize audio.
https://youtu.be/7BevJJsDY2k
Thanks to all the contributors:
Jarlath from Echlinville Distillery
David from Shortcross Whiskey
Peter from Blackwater Distillery
Brendan from Killowen
James from Sliabh Liag
Daithi from WD O'Connell
Paul Costello & JP O'Riordan with the few tunes
Have a listen in on the chat, Slainte!
Join me for part 1 of My 100th Episode Online Warehouse Tasting, that I did on YouTube. The video is up on my Youtube channel, but this is it in bitesize audio.
Thanks to all the contributors so far:
Barry from Killahora Orchard
Louise from JJ Corry Whiskey Bonders
Michael from Baoilleach Distillery
Richard from Curraghmore Estate Whiskey
Rob from Teeling Whiskey
Ger from Midleton IDL
Paul Costello & JP O'Riordan with the few tunes
Have a listen in on the chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Tasmanian Whisky Chat with John Halton.
John Holtan and I hosted a Tasmanian Whiskey tasting up on Belfast Whiskey Week in July 2022. The quality of the whiskys blew me away, so I grabbed John for a chat in The Europa Hotel at 10am the next morning before I left Belfast.
The affinity that alot of Tasmanians feel towards their Irish heritage was an real eye opener, given the history of Irish 'convicts' being transported to Van Diemans Land, as it was then known, by the British.
I know you'll enjoy this chat, Slainte!
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Ralfy.
Ralfy kindly joined me again for a fantastic, meandering chat about silent Scottish distilleries, the looming cask crisis and so much more.
Ralfy Mitchell has been entertaining and educating whisky fans throughout the world, from the comfort of his wee bothy for 12 years. I'd encourage you to check out his YouTube and Patreon channels. You won't be dissappointed.
https://www.patreon.com/ralfy/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ralfystuff
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Ralfy.
I asked him on to have a chat about silent Scottish distilleries, but the conversation joyously took it's own tangents and twists and turns.
His 12yrs of YouTube and Patreon content is far and above the best whisky education on the internet.
Check it out his channels:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ralfystuff
https://www.patreon.com/ralfy/posts
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Tiny Tipple Garden Blind Tasting Chat part 1.
JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Kevin Murphy were gifted a blind sample box from Ivor O'Loughlin from www.tinytipple.com .
We had great craic trying to figure out the 5 spirits, with limited success!
This is part 1. Part 2 will be released exclusively on my Patreon channel, where I give subscribers more content & exclusive offers for a few quid a month. Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
Drops of the night:
Now that would be spoiling the fun!
But we started of with a Killahora Orchards Perry 2019 and an Off The Cuffe Honey and Ginger RTD can.
https://www.killahoraorchards.ie/cellar/
https://www.offthecuffe.info/shop
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Poitin Now Chat with Fran Leavey.
Francis is organising Ireland's first Poitin Festival called Poitin Now in Dublin on 18th & 19th November 2022.
Poitin is one of Ireland's native spirits and is a source of growing national pride as a fantastic link to Ireland's rich distilling history and I had a fantastic chat with Fran.
Drops of the night:
Teeling Spirit of Dublin Poitin
Bulcan potcheen 50% peated oats 50% peated malt from Killowen
Mulroy Bay Potcheen
Mulroy Bay Port'N'Peat potcheen
Limerick Poitin from someone
Monaghan Potcheen from someone
Belfast Coffee with Ban Potcheen
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Whiskey Live Dublin 2022 Chat.
Ally Alpine and Katie Gibson from Celtic Whiskey Shop, who organised this event, kindly allowed me to record a podcast on the saturday afternoon session.
I had a ball chatting to everyone - 33 people in all. Thanks to everyone who gave me a few minutes to have a chat.
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for my Chat with John Quinn, Global Brand Ambassador for Tullamore DEW and current Chairman of the Irish Whiskey Association.
John has been a Titan of Irish Whiskey for many decades promoting the sector on the international stage, which he has done with huge passion.
He has represented Tullamore DEW since it was an Irish Distillers brand and has spent most of his career building Tully to what it is today.
Drops of the night:
Tullamore DEW 14yr old
Tullamore DEW Phoenix
Jameson Crested 10 1970's
Powers Friends of Midleton SC CS release
Guinness Export
Mulroy Bay Potcheen
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for my fabulous day out with Dave O'Connell on his new venture, Whiskey on the Tracks, where he brings his love of steam trains and whiskey together for an unforgettable afternoon of whiskey tasting whilst breezing through the Irish countryside on steam train.
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Rob Caldwell from Teeling Whiskey. Rob is an adopted Irishman who hails from Oz. He's an authority on all things whiskey and I was really looking forward to this chat.
Drops of the night:
Teeling Renaissance 1
Teeling Renaissance 2
Killahora Pom'o Roe&Co finish
Teeling Spirit of Dublin Potcheen
Glendronach 21yr 90's
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My 2nd Chat with Nick Ryan from Thomond Gate Whiskey and the Irish Whiskey & Spirit Institute. Nick is someone who always is up to something fun in the Irish Whiskey world and I love going down rabbit holes about whiskey with Nick.
https://spiritstraining.com/
https://thomondgatewhiskey.com/
Drops of the night:
Thomond Gate Ruby Port Finish
McConnells 5yr Sherry Finish
Drumshambo Single Pot Still
Chateau de Breuil Calvados VSOP
Killowen Bulcan Potcheen
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Garden Chat tasting Lough Ree Whiskey. Michael Clancy, one of the owners of Lough Ree Distillery, and I had a chat about sending me down a blind tasting pack to try. I invited 3 of my good buddies to my back garden, where we had a great craic blind tasting the samples. Dan Pennington, JP O’Riordan and Paul Costello and I were very impressed. We started off with a glass of Killahora Cider, finished in a whiskey cask. Dan had the BBQ on the go for afters. If you want to support the podcast and gain access to early release episodes and exclusive offers, you can do so on my Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
Links:
https://www.lrd.ie/spirits/#whiskey
https://www.killahoraorchards.ie/cellar/
Join me for My Cider Chat in Killahora Cidery and Orchards. I went down to Glounthane in Cork, (literally 5mins down the road from me) to visit Dave & Kate Watson and Barry Walsh and discovered all about the amazing products they're producing from Killahora orchards and cidery. Check out their products down below.
https://www.killahoraorchards.ie/cellar/
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Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for part 2 of my 2nd Birthday Bash Chat. The 17th March is the anniversary of the podcast. I had 12 invited guests & 80 enthusiasts onto a Zoom party for bit of a chat & craic. We shared rums, potcheens, whiskey, beer, cocktails and new makes, whilst our guests gave us a deeper insight into them.
Paul Costello also treated us to an oul' tune.
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for part 1 of My 2nd Birthday Bash Chat.
The 17th March is the anniversary of the podcast. I had 12 invited guests & 80 enthusiasts onto a Zoom party for bit of a chat & craic. We shared rums, potcheens, whiskey, beer, cocktails and new makes, whilst our guests gave us a deeper insight into them.
Paul Costello also treated us to an oul' tune.
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Walking Tour Chat with Michael Carr, who works with Pearse Lyons Distillery in The Liberties in Dublin. In a previous life, Michel worked with the Powers Whiskey brand and as part of that role, he used to bring enthusiasts on a whiskey walking tour of old Dublin. He kindly agreed to come out of retirement for the day and bring me along the old route.
But before we set off walking, we stayed in Pearse Lyons Distillery for a little while and found out a little more about the Pearse project..
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Katie Sheehy from Irish Whiskey Auctions. Katie joined me for a few small drops and a giggle. She has become an integral figure on the Irish whiskey scene and I always enjoy having a natter with Katie. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Distillery Chat with Dave McCabe, Blender in Midleton Distillery. I strolled around Midleton Distillery with Dave one afternoon and really got the VIP tour. I visited the prestigous warehouse A2 and got to cask sample some of Midleton's finest casks. Then we strolled through the plant to visit the blending team's new Lab. Here, I got to see where the magic will happen for Irish Distiller's future releases. Thanks to Irish Distillers, especially Melissa Kelly for organising, and to Dave for the access and honesty. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Eva O'Doherty, Head Distiller in the Micro-Distillery in Midleton Distillery. I strolled around the micro distillery with Eva for a morning and really got the VIP tour, asking all about the Method & Madness innovations that go on in the micro distillery. Thanks to Irish Distillers, especially Melissa Kelly for organising, and Eva for the access.
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Jpoin me for My Cuvée Chat with Ned Gahan, Head Distiller in Waterford Distillery. I met up with him in Charlie Foley's Bar in Killarney town, in the snug, and we cracked open the Cuvée Sample pack released by Waterford at xmas. I wanted to speak to Ned about the Cuvées he has curated over the last 2 years and got a great insight into Waterford's current direction. Drops of the night:
Waterford - The Pilgrimage
Waterford - The Cuvée
Waterford - The Hearth
Waterford - Pique-Nique
Waterford - Blood Brothers micro-cuvée
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Peter Mulryan in Blackwater Distillery in Ballyduff Upper on the Cork/Waterford border. An absolutely beautiful part of the country, up against the Blackwater river. I called down to check out the distillery and found out more Peter's Blackwater project. I wasn't dissapointed. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Luke Crowley-Holland, Bar Manager of Celtic Whiskey Bar & Larder in Killarney, Co Kerry. I've wanted to deep dive into French & European spirits and Luke didn't let me down. I highly recommend trying a selection of French spirits to expand your flavour palate.
Drops of the night all available at Celtic Whiskey Shop:
Delord Bas Armagnac 25yr old
Bodegas Tradicion Brandy de Jerez
Cognac Park Petite Champagne Chai no.8 21yr old
Celtic Cask 35
Nusbaumer Poire Williams Rouge Exception
Chateau du Breuil Calvados 20yr old XO
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Join me for part 2 of My Garden Chat with Dan Pennington and Paul Costello. They came up to my back garden studio to share some fine whiskey, cigars, poitín, rum and great chat. I really enjoyed the evening, I hope you enjoy listening in on the chat. Special thanks to John O'Donovan from Irish Malts for supplying the Dingle stout and the Bridger Kelliher from Westrn Herd Brewery for sending down some pre-release bottles of the Western Herd aged Stout. Cheers lads.
Drops of the night:
Waterford Micro Cuvee 'The Hearth'
Waterford Micro Cuvee 'Pique Nique'
Rum Nation 10yr old Panama Rum
Dunvilles 20yr old cask no.1717
Mulroy Bay Port'N'Peat rested poitín
Western Herd Stout aged in WD O'Connell whiskey barrels
Dingle Around The Clock Stout Batch 3
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Join me for My GardenChat with Dan Pennington and Paul Costello. They came up to my place to share some fine whiskey, cigars, poitín, rum and great chat. I enjoyed the evening, I hope you enjoy listening in on the chat. Drops of the night:
Mulroy Bay Port'N'Peat rested poitín
1960's Powers Pot Still
Mulroy Bay rum
Western Herd Stout aged in WD O'Connell whiskey barrels
Dingle Around The Clock Stout Batch 3
Dolmen poitín from Blackwater Distillery
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Join me for My Chat with John O'Donovan in IrishMalts HQ in Little Island in Cork. I called down and hung out with John and his brother Robert. I wanted to get a feel for how the retail/bond side of the business works. We ended chatting for ages and I really enjoyed my visit. I hope you do too. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Chat with Maurice O'Connell who founded The Liberator whiskey from his gorgeous home in Lakeiew estate on the outskirts of Killarney. He welcomed myself and my 3 buddies for a tour of his manor house and dunnage warehouse, where he has plenty of tasty barrels slumbering away for us in the future. Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for part 2 of My Chat with Barry Chandler. He joined me in my back garden on a lovely Autumn evening and we shared some cracking drops of whiskey and put the world to rights! Great craic.
Drops of the evening:
- Mulroy Bay Peated Potcheen
- Friends of Bruichladdich Octomore Single Cask
- Waterford Blood Brothers Micro Cuvee
- IWS Marrowbone Lane
- Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve 2015
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Join me for part 1 of My Chat with Barry Chandler. He joined me in my back garden on a lovely Autumn evening and we shared some cracking drops of whiskey and put the world to rights! Great craic.
Drops of the evening:
- Method & Madness Mulberry Cask
- Waterford Micro cuvee Blood Brothers
- Keepers Heart Irish American Whiskey
- Pappy Van Winkle 12yr old
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Join me for My Chat with Anthony and Katie Sheehy to celebrate Irish Whiskey Auction's 3rd birthday on 12th October. They joined me on Zoom in my back garden where I threw them a little birthday party and chatted about their journey so far. Drops of the night:
Redbreast SC "6yr old Temple Bar
Mulroy Bay Port & Peat Potcheen
Two Stacks Blender's Cut
Killowen Cuige Donard
I hope you enjoy our chat, Slainte
Join me in Crolly Distillery in Donegal for My Chat with Julio Diana, head distiller and Joe Devenney, one of the 3 owners & founders. Joe welcomed me to the distillery and then I got the chance to have a personal tour of the distillery.
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Join me for My Poitín Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, JP O'Riordan & Aidan McGovern Part 2. The four of us took a deep dive into the world of one of Ireland's national spirits, Poitín...... or potcheen, as pronounced up North... as we decided it sounded better. Such a great spirit. Drops of the night:
Bán Poitín 48%
Micil Heritage Edition Poitín 40%
Killowen Cuige Mish peated Poitín
Mulroy Bay Poitín finished in Sherry wood 52.3%
Mulroy Bay Poitín finished in Port wood 55.5%
Dan's Infinity bottle
My Infinity Cask
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Join me for My Chat reviewing Belfast Whiskey Week 2021 with Paul Kane. It was a huge event on the Irish whiskey calendar and it had the whole community talking. It was not without it's controversies and Paul graciously came on for a chat to address them, without shying away from them. Great chat. Drops of the night:
Royal Brachla 32yr
Penderyn
Old Comber SPS
27yr old Cooley from Cadenhead's
Midleton Dair Ghaelach Knockrath
I hope you enjoy our chat, Slainte
Join me for My Poitín Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, JP O'Riordan & Aidan McGovern Part 1. The four of us took a deep dive into the world of one of Ireland's national spirits, Poitín...... or potcheen, as pronounced up North... as we decided it sounded better. Such a great spirit. Drops of the night:
Teeling Spirit of Dublin Poitín 52.5%
Micil Poitin 40%
Killowen Poitin 48%
Connacht Straw Boys Poitín 45%
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Join me for My Chat with Finbarr Curran, Irish Distillers Wood Planning & Maturation Team Lead. Fin is very involved in all the wood innovation projects like Method & Madness and Dair Ghaelach and I enjoyed picking his brain for insights to Midleton's exciting wood program. Drops of the night:
Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest tree no. 1
Method & Madness SPS Mulberry finish
Method & Madness SPS Wild Cherry finish
Method & Madness SPS Acacia finish
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Join me for My Chat with Ivor O'Loughlin, founder of www.tinytipple.com This is a website where you can buy 50ml measures of whiskeys, whiskys, cognacs, vodkas, poitins and other fine spirits. This is a great way to try all those new releases that you might not necessarily want to buy a full bottle of. The flights and boxes are also a fantastic present for that whiskey fan in your life. Ivor honoured me by asking me to curate a special WhiskeyChats flight on the site. Check it out: https://www.tinytipple.com/products/a-whisp-of-smoke-guest-curated-tasting-flight-number-3-5-x-50ml
He joined me on Zoom for a chat in my back garden and I hope you enjoy our chat.
Drops of the night:
Thomondgate Ruby Port cask finish
Wild Turkey Rare Breed CS bourbon
The Liberator Port 'n' Peat
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Join me for My Chat with Daithi O'Connell from WD O'Connell Independent Bottlers. Daithi started his one man band in 2019 and has proven to be a massive hit with his sourced releases so far. He can take some credit in the recent resurgence of Irish peated whiskey offerings through the popularity of his Bill Phil range. He joined me on Zoom for a chat and we did end up going on a bit, but only because we were having such craic. Drops of the night: WD O'Connell Bill Phil B3
WD O'Connell Bill Phil CS
WD O'Connell Lochindaal 10yr old
WD O'Connell Single Grain finished in Rye barrels
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Join me for Part 2 of My Garden Chat with Brendan Lynch, Paul Costello & Rory McGee who came up to my back Garden for cocktails, whiskey, poitin and cigars. We had a great laugh putting the whiskey world to rights. This is part 2 of 2. We did go on a bit, but had great fun, I hope you enjoy listening in. Drops from the garden: Dunvilles 14yr old Carry-Out Killarney
Thomond Gate Ruby Port Edition
Redbreast Lustau Edition
Paul John Single Malt Unpeated
Killowen Cuige Poitin.
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Join me for My Cigar Chat with Yiorgos Manesis, Managing Director of James Fox Cigar and Whiskey shop in Dublin city. Yiorgos is one of the foremost experts in cigars in Ireland and he joined me on Zoom, in my back garden, where I got a schooling in cigars. Great fun. https://jamesfox.ie/
Drops of the night:
Celtic Cask 31
Dingle FF Carry-Out Killarney part 1
Octomore 7.3
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Join me for Part 1 of My Garden Chat with Brendan Lynch, Paul Costello & Rory McGee who came up to my back Garden for cocktails, whiskey, poitin and cigars. We had a great laugh putting the whiskey world to rights. This is part 1 of 2. We did go on a bit, but had great fun, I hope you enjoy listening in. Drops from the garden:
Waterford Sheestown 1.1
Redbreast 10yr old
Redbreast 10yr old 1960's
John O'Connell's West Cork Poitin.
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Join me for My Chat with Carl McDermott, who has developed an app called The Whiskey Companion. You can upload your bottle collection and get up to date valuations, without having to trawl through all the auctions plus alot more. Do check it out and see how much it can benefit you. Twitter: @Carl_TWC
https://thewhiskeycompanion.com/
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Join me for My Chat with John Fleming, owner of 2 Carry-Out off licences in Killarney, Co Kerry and a huge advocate for Irish Whiskey fans. John has positioned himself as one of the key facilitators for enthusiasts and brands bringing Irish Whiskey to market. He is a native Kilkenny man, but a key business figure in Killarney and I had a great laugh with him on Zoom, sitting out my back garden on a lovely summer evening having a chat. Twitter: @CarryOutKerry
Drops of the night:
Dingle SM Carry-Out Killarney Part 1 Port Cask
Thomond Gate Ruby Port Cask Finish 59.75%
The Liberator Storehouse Special Double Port 62.1%
Western Herd Back Beat Weisbeer
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Join me for part 2 of My Garden Chat with Aidan McGovern, Dan Pennington & JP O'Riordan as we laugh our way through tasting Celtic Casks aswell as a few gems also. They called up to my outdoor studio I set up in my back garden on a glorious June weekend and we shared a few beers, cigars, whiskeys and chat. I want to thank Julie Christie, Ally Alpine and Celtic Whiskey for providing us with the samples, and very generous samples they were too. I split the chat into two parts, i could have shortened it into one, but it was such great fun I thought it would be good to share it. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast Drops from the garden:
Celtic Cask 34
Bruichladdich Celtic Whiskey Shop Excl
Octomore 'The friends of Bruichladdich' Single Cask
Redbreast Dreamcask 29yr old Port edition
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Join me for My Chat with James Doherty, owner and founder of Sliabh Liag Distillery, along with his wife Moira. They immigrated back to Donegal, where James spent so much of his youth visiting family. James and Moira founded a distillery, where they have been releasing An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin and also the Silkie range of whiskeys, using sourced Great Northern Distillery liquid to great fanfare. Their new distillery is going to focus on releasing peated only whiskeys, which is very exciting for the Irish whiskey industry. https://www.sliabhliagdistillers.com/
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Drops of the night:
New The Legendary Silkie Blend
Peated double distilled new make 10mths old
Experimental The Darkest Silkie blend
The Red Silkie cask strength
19yr old 1977 Port Ellen scotch
Kinnegar Rust Bucket beer
Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!
Join me for My Garden Chat with Aidan McGovern, Dan Pennington & JP O'Riordan as we laugh our way through tasting Celtic Cask 30 - 35, aswell as a few gems also. They called up to my outdoor studio I set up in my back garden on a glorious June weekend and we shared a few beers, cigars, whiskeys and chat. But this only part 1. Part 2 to follow! I want to thank Julie Christie and Celtic Whiskey for providing us with the samples, and very generous samples they were too. I split the chat into two parts, i could have shortened it into one, but it was such great fun I thought it would be good to share it. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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Drops from the garden:
Celtic Cask 30
Celtic Cask 31
Celtic Cask 33
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Join me for My Chat with Paul Kane, founder of Belfast Whiskey Week. This year the festival runs from 23 July - 31 July 2021, with over 80 individual tasting packs available. The past two years have marked BWW as a must-do on the whiskey calendar and Paul & I took a deep dive into what to expect from the festival, from who are doing tastings this year to the festivals 4 exclusive bottlings. Check out the festival website: https://www.belfastwhiskeyweek.com/
Drops of the night:
Bushmills Causeway Collection Banyuls Cask Swedish Excl
Copeland Merchant's Quay Blend
Killowen Cuige Donard Poitin
Mulroy Bay Oak Barrel aged Poitin
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Join me for My Chat with Bridger Kelleher, Head Brewer at Western Herd Brewery in Co. Clare. Western Herd have emerged as one of the leading Irish craft breweries, that more and more whiskey fans have exploring, as a accompaniment to their wee drop of an evening. Bridger is a brewing hobbyist who stumbled into his local brewery, after moving from the US to Clare, and managed to convince the owners he knew what he was talking about. He does. He has been driving beer and stout innovations ever since. https://www.westernherd.com/
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Drinks of the night:
Western Herd Turlough Porter
Western Herd Turlough Porter barrel aged
WH Flora & Fauna 10 Hop DIPA
WH Fox Catcher Red Ale
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Join me for My Chat with Graham Coull, Head Distiller in Dingle Distillery. He is a recent resident of Dingle in Co. Kerry, having come to the distillery from Glen Moray Distillery in Speyside, Scotland. He also spent time with Glenfiddich and The Balvenie. He is creating new directions for Dingle Distillery and we had a great chat about all the new and exciting ventures.
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Drops of the night:
The Porterhouse around the clock 2 stout
Dingle Single Malt
Dingle Single Malt components
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Join me for My Chat about the Marrowbone Lane bottling that the Irish Whiskey Society released in 2016. In a nod to the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, where the William Jameson distillery in Marrowbone Lane in The Liberties area of Dublin was used as a stronghold by the Irish Republicans. This landmark release of this 11yr old Single Pot Still Irish whiskey, in the heavier, oilier trad pot style stands out as one of the best Irish Whiskeys of the modern age imo. I spoke to Peter White (who was IWS vice-president at the time), Fionnán O'Connor (Author of A Glass Apart & cask committee at the time) and Willie Murphy aka PotStillWill (also IWS cask committee at the time) who were instrumental in getting this Midleton distillate bottled and released for all to enjoy. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.irishwhiskeysociety.com/
Willie Murphy: https://twitter.com/PotStillWhiskey
Peter White: https://twitter.com/thewhiskeyguy1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glass-Apart-Irish-Single-Whiskey/dp/1864707232
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Join me for My Chat with Derek Cronin, apprentice cooper to Ger Buckley, Head Cooper in Midleton Distillery. Derek is a qualified carpenter, a chippie, and he started his coopering apprenticeship in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. I visited himself and Ger to see how it's all going so far. I wasn't disappointed. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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Join me for My Chat about all things Dunville's Whiskey, where 5 of my buddies and I sat down on a Zoom and shared 4 fabulous Dunville's expressions from our bottle-share group.
Dylan Coakley, JP O'Riordan, Aidan McGovern, Matt Kelliher and John Coomey and myself had a great laugh sharing a drop.....and we even had a surprise guest gate-crash! Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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Drops of the night:
Dunville's 12yr old PX
Dunville's 18yr old Palo Cortado cask 1196
Dunville's 20yr old Oloroso & PX cask 1717
and the unreleased Dunville's 20yr old Oloroso cask 162
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Join me for My Chat with Michael Cowman, The Paddy Prince and business development manager with Hi-Spirits in Ireland. But more importantly, Mick has now become a Global Whisky Icon 2021 as American Whiskey Ambassador of the year. He's always game for a laugh and I really enjoyed hanging out and having a chat. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC70w80Efqc9IkhS8CPfcUrQ
https://twitter.com/thepaddyprince?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://www.instagram.com/theprinceofpaddy/?hl=en
https://www.hi-spirits.ie/
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Join me for My Chat with Michael O'Boyle, who owns Baoilleach Distillery in Donegal. He sells Mulroy Bay poitín and gin, distilled at his home distillery in the wilds of Co. Donegal. He is a passionate distiller who has learned the art, not from books, but from experience. He is living the distilling dream and I had a great chat with him. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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http://www.baoilleachdistillery.ie/about
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Join me for My Chat with Dan Humphries from The Summerton Whisky Club. Summerton is a bi-monthly whisky subscription service started by Dan, who also has branched out into running whisky festivals. He is the epitome of a whisky advocate and hugely enthusiastic whisky fan. Check out his website.
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Drops of the night:
Deanston 18yr old
Redbreast 10yr old Cask Strength
Mulroy Bay peated poitín finshed in port casks
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Join me for My Chat with Ger Garland, whiskey ambassador for Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard. Ger is one of the custodians of Irish Whiskey tales and he has regaled the Irish whiskey community for many years at many a Redbreast, Powers, Midleton or Spot tasting around Ireland. He is one of the gentleman of Irish whiskey and I really enjoyed our chat. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.redbreastwhiskey.com/en-EN/thebirdhouse
https://www.dickmackspub.com/
My drops of the night:
Redbreast 10yr old Cask Strength
Redbreast Single Cask Sonny Molloys
Irish Whiskey Society Marrowbone Lane
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Join me for My Chat, opening Cúige Poitín, with Brendan Carty from Killowen. This was a project by Brendan, to 'rest' a peated poitín in 5 different beer barrels for 10 weeks. There were 190 sets of this wonderful set and I was privileged to open my with the Master Distiller himself.
"This unique wood seasoning experiment combines historic mashbill poitín with five distinctive beers from Ireland’s bygone Cúige (provinces), to create a limited series that celebrates the un-rivalled spirit of Ireland." Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://shop.killowendistillery.com/products/killowen-cuige-poitin-stave?variant=37843737804957
Drops of the night:
Mescan Brewery – Connaught,
Whitewater Brewery – Ulster,
O Brother Brewery – Leinster,
Dead Centre Brewery – Meath,
West Kerry Brewery – Munster.
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Join me for My Chat with Ralfy Mitchell, who is the gold standard in whiskey reviews and blogs. He has entertained whiskey folk from his bothy on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea for 10 years. We hooked up on Zoom and settled in for a nerdy chat, Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.youtube.com/c/ralfystuff
https://www.patreon.com/ralfy/posts
https://www.garavans.ie/
Drops of the night:
Killowen Poitin,
West Cork Very Rare Bradleys Excl 56.5%
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Join me for My Chat with Marty McAuley from Irish Whiskey Review & Ulster Whiskey. Marty and I nerded out on whiskey, discussing new and old whiskey & distilleries, poitins and a whole lot more. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://ulsterwhiskey.com/
https://visitbelfast.com/partners/ulster-whiskey/
Drops of the night:
Killowen Poitin,
Dunvilles 18yr old
Bushmills Causeway Collection 1995 Malaga Cask
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Join me for My Chat with Chris Hennessy, manager of the Dylan Whiskey Bar in Kilkenny, one of the brains behind Aqua Vitae and all round whiskey oracle. Chris's knowledge of Irish whiskey and it's history is captivating. I always enjoy learning from Chris's rambling rants and I hope you do too.
My drops of the night:
Belfast Coffee
1960's 10yr old Green Spot
Aqua Vitae Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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Join me for My Chat with the Irish Whiskey Guild's Louise McGuane & Daithi O'Connell. Louise is owner and founder of JJ Corry Irish Whiskey Bonders and Daithi is owner and founder of WD O'Connell Whiskey Merchants. They, along with Peter Mulryan of Blackwater Distillery & Brendan Carty of Killowen Distillery, have come together to form a lobby and advocacy group, The Irish Whiskey Guild. I had to get them on, to find out all about this exciting development. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.jjcorry.com/
https://wdoconnell.com/
My drops of the night were:
JJ Corry The Story
Bill Phil Cask Strength
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Join me for My Chat with Mark Reynier from Waterford Whisky & Renegade Rum. He is one of the stars of the whiskey world, from resurrecting & innovating with Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay to bringing 'Teireoir' to Irish Whiskey with Waterford Whisky. Now he's bringing terroir to Carribean rum with his new venture in Grenada with Renegade Rum. He's living the dream....but he started his apprenticeship in wine and I got to explore all these with him over a chat and a glass of whisky. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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My drops of the night:
- Waterford Ballykilcavan 1.1
- Celtic Nations
- Inverleven 27yr old Signatory Vintage bottling
https://waterfordwhisky.com/
https://renegaderum.com/
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Join me for My Chat with Dave Marra who brought #CaskStrengthCrusade to the Irish whiskey masses during Lockdown 2020. He is a home brewer and self admitted wine geek, so we had plenty to waffle on about. I had alot of fun geeking out with Dave. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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#CaskStrengthCrusade
https://twitter.com/DavidMarra
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Join me for My Chat with Dave Stapleton, Co-Founder of Connacht Whiskey Co. & outgoing Chairman of the Irish Whiskey Association. Dave is in the middle of handing over the baton to Vice-Chair John Quinn. I asked him onto the podcast to get his perspective on the current position of Irish Whiskey. I also wanted to find out more about what Connacht Whiskey have in store for 2021. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://connachtwhiskey.com/
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Join me for My Chat with Bill Linnane, Ireland's Whiskey Journalist and blogger. Bill's dark humour and self depreciatingly honest style of writing always leaves me giggling and wanting more. His carefully researched articles on whiskey are always fascinating and I've wanted to sit for a chat for a while now. So when Bill, not Billy, invited me down to his Midleton pad, I jumped at the chance. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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My drop of the day: Woodford & Bourne JJ&S Brown Label 1960's Dublin Whisky
https://twitter.com/Bill_Linnane?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://tripledistilled.blog/
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Join me for My Chat with Conor Ryan from Pearse Lyons Distillery & The Folk House Bar in Kinsale. We settled in for a chat on Zoom, on a wet & windy November evening, with Storm Aidan 'raging' outside. Conor's depth of knowledge and enthusiasm always makes for great conversation and our chat was no different. Subscribe to my Patreon for extra content and 24hr early access episodes.
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https://www.pearselyonsdistillery.com/
https://www.facebook.com/folkhousekinsale/
My drops of the night:
Pearse Lyons whiskey
Green Spot Chateaux Montelena peated up with some Laphroig Quarter Cask
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Join me for My Chat with Dave O'Connell, owner of #SundayNightSup on Twitter & Powers Whiskey collector extraordinaire. There's not much gets past Dave when he's speaking with passion about Powers Whiskey & we had a great chat about the brand, and alot more besides.
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My drops of the night were:
1970's Powers Gold Blend export
Powers Gold Label
Powers 10yr old Single Cask SuperValu
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Join me for My Chat with Mark Lonergan from The Shelbourne Bar in Cork, one of Ireland's iconic whiskey bars.
I called in for a socially-distanced chat during Ireland's lvl 5 Covid lockdown, to find out how Mark & the owner of The Shelbourne, Philip Gillivan, are diversifying the business during this period of closure.
Mark and I, being kindred whiskey nerd spirits, inevitably had a great rambling chat about the Irish whiskey landscape.
My drops of the night were:
1960's 9yr old Bushmills
Celtic Cask 15
Teeling Whiskey Company Vintage Reserve 23yr old
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Join me for My Chat with my Bottleshare Group - JP O'Riordan, Alan Corcoran, Aidan McGovern, Dylan Coakley, John Coomey & Matt Kelleher.
I believe everyone should be in a bottle-share group, it's a great way to share a bottle of whiskey with friends, maybe even stretching to an expensive bottle, taking the opportunity to share the cost & experience. Have a listen in on how we have done it and hopefully you will gain some inspiration to start your own bottle-share group.
Drops of the night:
Dunvilles 12yr old Cask Strength
Powers Single Cask 10yr SuperValu Excl
Killowen Islay Cask
Powers 1980's Portuguese import
Paddy 1970 Italian import
Paul John Peated 55.5%
Paul John PX 48%
Waterford Bannow Island 1.1
Waterford Ballykilcavan 1.1
Waterford Ratheadon 1.1
Teeling Brabazon 3
Bruichladdich 2008 CWS Excl 61.4%
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Join me for My Chat with Jarlath Watson from Echlinville Distillery.
I called up for a visit and had a great chat with Jarlath about Echlinville & the iconic Belfast whiskey brand Dunvilles, that they are releasing finished whiskey under. With the recently announced multi-million pound investment and expansion of the distillery & visitor centre, things are only looking up for Echlinville.
https://echlinville.com/
https://dunvilleswhiskey.com/
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Join me for My Chat with Cyril Downes, Tony O'Neill & Dermot Morrissey, the 3 founding members from the BMWA Club in Mother Macs Pub in Limerick.
15 friends meet up monthly in Mother Macs bar after reading a book, listening to an album or podcast and share a whiskey, to discuss and review that month's selections.
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Join me for My Chat with Paul Corbett, head distiller with Clonakilty Distillery.
Myself and my buddy Aidan McGovern headed down to Clonakilty for a behind the scenes tour where Head Distiller Paul Corbett brought us through the entire whiskey making process. Brilliant.....!!!
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Join me for Part 2 of My Garden Chat tasting the new beer cask finished Clonakilty whiskeys that are being released in the US.......but there will be some available at the Distillery Shop and the online store:
https://clonakiltydistillery.digitickets.co.uk/category/27320?navItem=167549
My buddies JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Aidan McGovern joined me for a chat.
Drops of the night:
Clonakilty US beer cask releases
Clonakilty 15yr old Single malt single cask
Clonakilty Cognac cask finish B2
Powers Friends of Midleton Single cask strength
Irish Whiskey Society 11yr old Marrowbone Lane
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Join me for Part 1 of My Garden Chat tasting the new beer cask finished Clonakilty whiskeys that are being released in the US.......but there will be some available at the Distillery Shop and the online store:
https://clonakiltydistillery.digitickets.co.uk/category/27320?navItem=167549
My buddies JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Aidan McGovern joined me for a chat.
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Join me for My Chat with WhiskyJason aka Jason Stover.
I have enjoyed watching Jason's whisky reviews on YouTube every Monday, Wednesday & Friday and joined him for a LiveStream on his channel. This is the podcast we recorded.
Check out his whisky review channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGSDNjDyhBBO6XpF3SqYOA
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Join me for My Chat with Anthony Sheehy from Irish Whiskey Auctions.
I visited him in his HQ in Dundalk and he showed me around, where I got to see and handle some very rare bottles of Irish Whiskey.
Check out their monthly auctions on: www.irishwhiskeyauctions.ie
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Join me for My Chat with Dr Max Potterton from Boortmalt & Grace O'Reilly, Waterford Whisky's Chief Agronomist.
Max and Grace hosted me in Dalton's Grain Mill in Kilkenny, where Waterford Whisky's Mark Rainier stores his single farm origin barley in The Cathedral, the specially customised grain warehouse. Here, all the grains for Waterford's Single Malt are stored in separate bays, ready to be distilled.
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Join me for My Chat with Brendan Carty from Killowen Distillery.
I made the long pilgrimage from Cork to Co. Down and visited Brendan at the smallest distillery in Ireland. He gave me a personal tour of his maturation warehouse, boutique distillery, fermentation yard, malting house and his office... but don't worry, they're all within 10ft of each other. I had a blast, have a listen in.
My drop of the day was.....warm poitin, straight from the spout and newly barreled non-GI compliant peated Pot Still!
https://www.killowendistillery.com/
I hope you enjoy our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Chat with Serghios Florides, Editor of Irish Whiskey Magazine and host of the 'Words on Whiskey' podcast. Serghios is very knowledgeable about the Irish whiskey industry and I wanted to get his take on the Irish whiskey scene as it stands today, now that we have 33 active distilleries on the island of Ireland.
Don't forget to subscribe to his podcast:
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/words-on-whiskey/id1516894269
And also to: https://irishwhiskeymagazine.com/
I hope you enjoy our chat, Sláinte.
Join me for My Chat with Eric Flynn & Paul Quinn, two brothers-in-law who founded The Ennis Whiskey Club back in 2012. They meet up for a steak dinner and 4 whiskeys every couple of weeks, with 20 of their members and have the craic, as it should be!
My drop of the night was JJ Correy's The Gael Batch 2 + Old Tom.
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Join me for My Chat with the 1875 Whiskey Club of the Dublin Fire Brigade.
Declan Rice, Enda McKenna, Simon Finglas and Jenny Shannon told us about this fledgling club and what they have been up to as a club since founding in October 2019.
Sound bunch of lads, follow them on Facebook, Instagram & their new Twitter @dfb1875.
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Join me for 'My Garden Chat tasting Waterford Whisky Part 2'
with 3 of my buddies from the Cork Whiskey Society:
Aidan McGovern @aidanmc_g
JP O'Riordan @whiskeyfella
Daniel Pennington @dramofthemonth
I was kindly sent a tasting pack by Ned Gahan (Head Distiller) and Megan Kiely (PR Exec) from Waterford Distillery and I invited the lads up to my garden to crack open these whiskys for the first time and we continued our chat, well into the night.....until the fine Irish weather intervened.....
My drops of the night were: Too many to mention!!
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Join me for 'My Garden Chat tasting Waterford Whisky Part 1' with 3 of my buddies from the Cork Whiskey Society:
Aidan McGovern @aidanmc_g
JP O'Riordan @whiskeyfella
Daniel Pennington @dramofthemonth
I was kindly sent a tasting pack by Ned Gahan (Head Distiller) and Megan Kiely (PR Exec) from Waterford Distillery and I invited the lads up to crack open these whiskys for the first time and find out what all the hype is about!
My drops of the night were: Waterford Ballykilcavan 1.1 and Bannow Island 1.1
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Join me for My Chat with The Aviators Whiskey Society.
President John McCarron, Vice President Dominic Byrne & Secretary Paul O'Farrell joined me and told me all about how the society was borne from employees of Dublin Airport, whose love of whiskey brought them together.
My drop of the day was:
Writer's Tears cask strength Mizunara finish cask 1102 and
The Dark Silkie from Sliabh Liagh Distillery.
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Join me for My chat with The Friends of Midleton, Ian Garrett & Eddie D'Arcy.
The lads started a Facebook group called the Friends of Midleton, to bring together lovers of the famous Cork Distillery. They also have 'Friends of Bruichladdie' and 'Friends of Waterford' Facebook groups and an upcoming exclusive cask strength release of Powers Whiskey.
My drop of the night was a 1997 Celtic Whiskey Shop Redbreast Single Cask.
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Join me for My Chat with the Dingle Chapter of Irish Whiskey Society's Peter White & Finn McDonnell. They have created a very special club in their enclave of Dingle in Co. Kerry. Finn McDonnell is the proprietor of Dick Mack's Pub in the town and they are also releasing whiskey under the Dick Mack's brand. Exciting times....
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Join me for My Chat with the Waterford Whiskey Society.
Founding members Val Voit, Alan Bolster, Michael Higgins & Janice and Tony McGuinness all joined me on Zoom to tell me all about what the society have been up to and how they came to be.
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My Chat with Dave Worthington aka Boutique-yDave from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. We talked about their Irish Single Malt releases to date and what we can expect from their upcoming aged Irish whiskey releases, amongst other things.
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Join me for My Chat with The Kilkenny Whiskey Guild. I was joined by 4 of their members:
Cyril Briscoe,
Jim Raferty from the Dylan Whiskey Bar,
Pat Crotty from Paris Texas Bar and
Eddie Langton from Langton's House Hotel
We had a great chat about why the Guild was set up, what they've achieved in promoting whiskey tourism in Kilkenny City and how they are looking forward to 2024, where Kilkenny will be celebrating the 700yr anniversary of The Red Book of Ossory, where the first mention of 'Aqua Vitae' the water of life is written.
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Join me for My Chat with Nick Ryan from The Irish Whiskey & Spirits Institute and Thomond Gate Whiskey. I recently completed a WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Lvl 2 award in Spirits course with Nick and wanted to share the experience, so I asked Nick to come on the podcast for a chat about it.
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Join me for my chat with Eric Ryan & Liam Murray who founded the Cork Whiskey Society. We chatted about how they came to form the society, interesting tastings they have put on over the years and also about the societies cask program.
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Join me for My Chat with Stephen Randles from Origin Spirits. He represents The Currach Whiskey, Ornabrak Gin and Kalak Vodka. All three of these products are really unique in their sector and I wanted to find out more about them from Stephen.
My drops of the day were:
Kalak Single Malt Vodka,
Kalak Single Malt Peated Vodka,
Ornabrak Single Malt Gin,
The Currach Single Malt Atlantic Kombu Seaweed Cask Irish Whiskey,
The Currach Single Malt Atlantic Kombu Seaweed Founders Cask Strength Irish Whiskey.
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Join me for my Chat with Willie Murphy, also known as Pot Still Will online. Willie is one of the pre-eminent collectors of Redbreast in Ireland and an all round nice guy. We had a great chat about the whiskeys and people involved in collecting through the last few decades.
My drop of the night was Redbreast 27yr old and Willie was drinking Redbreast 12yr old from Fitzgerald & Co from the early 90's.
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Join me for my chat with William Lavelle, head of the Irish Whiskey Association with Drinks Ireland. I had the opportunity to speak to William and find out the lay of the whiskey land. What better day to chat to William than on World Whiskey Day!
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Join me for my chat with Julie Christie from the Celtic Whiskey Bar and Larder in Killarney, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Irish Whiskey Live and Irish Whiskey Awards. She's a busy girl!
I initially recorded the podcast in Bar 1661 in Dublin, courtesy of Dave Mulligan, the proprietor. He was kind enough to lend me his snug one morning in January........then I went home and deleted the recording!
Disaster....but Julie kindly agreed to re-record the podcast, so I went down to Killarney to meet up. A few of the events that we discussed have since been postponed due to the current Covid-19 crisis, but I'm sure they'll be just as much of a success when they do get to happen.
Have a listen in on our chat and I hope you enjoy; Slainte.
I sat down down with Claire & Danesh Lalvani, the new proprietors of Thomas Mahers pub in the heart of Waterford city, who are the custodians of two very special house whiskey blends dating back to the late 1800's. We chatted about who Tom Maher was and all about his unique rules as Ireland's longest serving publican.
My drop of the night was Thomas Mahers House Blend.
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I sat down Richard la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone who owns Curraghmore Whiskey in Waterford. He has undertaken a unique project with his Single Estate Pot Still Irish Whiskey, where he has commissioned Great Northern Distillery to distill his Curraghmore grown barley, to his specifications and is offering barrels to select clients, with huge amounts of added access to his estate as part of the deal. Join me for my chat, where Richard shines some light on his Curraghmore Whiskey project.
My drop of the night is.......Ardbeg Corryvreckin.
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The third in a Covid-19 Lockdown Series, giving you the heads up on all the best vlogs and online videos to watch.
My drop of the night is Ardbeg Corryvreckin. Join me for quick chat.
I sat down for a chat with Ned Gahan, Head (not Master) Distiller in Waterford Distillery. I visited him last February, before the Grand Opening on Saturday 25th April was cancelled. (I mistakenly said the 24th April on the podcast!) We had a great chat about all the exciting releases to look forward from Waterford and how much their policy of 'Terroir' affects their whiskey. You will have to forgive me for the sound quality on this episode, It's what happens when you haven't got a clue what you're at! ; )
My drop of the night is........well, experimental blends and new make from Waterford Distillery! But trust me, they tasted amazing!
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The second in a Covid-19 Lockdown Series, giving you the heads up on all the best podcasts to listen to.
My drop of the night is Springbank 12yr old Cask strength. Join me for quick chat.
The first in a Covid-19 Lockdown Series, giving you the heads up on all the best virtual tastings that are available to you online.
My drop of the night is Method and Madness Single Pot Stil French Chestnut finish.
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I sat down for a chat with Willie Ahern, in The Palace Bar, THE iconic whiskey bar in Fleet St in Dublin. We chatted about history, the Palace Bar bottlings and so much more.
My drop of the night was The Palace Bar Green Spot,
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I sat down with Carol Quinn, archivist for Irish Distillers in Midleton Distillery. We spent a morning inside the Distiller's Cottage having a chat about the old brands and distilleries that made up Irish Distillers Ltd. Have a listen in, Sláinte.
I sat down with Rosanna Goswell, owner and creator of the world famous Túath Glass, for a chat in Bar 1661 in Green St, Dublin. Thanks to Dave Mulligan for the use of his nook.
https://www.tuathglass.ie/
https://shop.bar1661.ie/
My drop of the day: 00's Redbreast 12yr old,
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I sat down for a chat with Fionnan O'Connor, author of 'A Glass Apart' upstairs in the Whiskey Palace at The Palace Bar, Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to Willie Ahern for the use of his famous bar.
My drop of the night:
The Whiskey Exchange 26yr old Green Spot.
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I sat down for a chat with Ger Buckley, Head Cooper with Irish Distillers and Midleton Distillery in Cork, Ireland. I visited him in his historic cooperage amongst all the barrels, staves, hoops, tools, dust and history that are everywhere. Heaven!
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Join me, Laurie O'Dwyer, on my whiskey apprenticeship, as I speak to interesting people from the whiskey world and beyond, trying to quench my thirst for whiskey knowledge....... and having the craic along the way.