Whiskey Chats

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. I hope you enjoy our chat, Slainte

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 Have a listen in on our chat, Slainte!

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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