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. Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

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. Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

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!! Have a listen in on our chat.

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 Have a listen in on our chat! Sláinte.

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. Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

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. Have a listen in on our chat! Slainte

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.... Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

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. Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte

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. Have a listen in, Sláinte