Whiskey Chats

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.

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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

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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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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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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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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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Join me for My Chat with David Boyd-Armstrong from Shortcross Distillery above in Rademon Estate, Co. Down. I visited David and his wife Fiona with about 3 inches of snow underfoot. The warm welcome made up for the cold weather. What a distilley they've got going. Their Rye and Malt Single Malt release at cask strength turned my eye last year. David, who is also the head distiller, has a fantastic policy of long 160hr fermentations, which I love. The capitol they have sunk into acquiring the best of casks will pay them dividends in time. Their whiskey is excellent and I loved my tour around Shortcross.

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I hope you enjoy listening in on our rambling chat around the distillery, Sláinte.

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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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.

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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%

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I hope you enjoy our chat, Sláinte