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

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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.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast

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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