Whiskey Chats

By Laurie O'DwyerSociety & Culture Arts Personal Journals Food

Whiskey Chats episodes

February 15, 2021 My Chat with Chris Hennessy from Dylan Whiskey Bar & Aqua Vitae
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
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Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 39 min
February 08, 2021 My Chat with the Irish Whiskey Guild's Louise & Daithi
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.
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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 Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
50 min
February 02, 2021My Chat with Mark Reynier from Waterford Whisky & Renegade Rum
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.
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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/ Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 21 min
December 21, 2020 My Chat with Dave Marra #CaskStrengthCrusade
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.
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#CaskStrengthCrusade https://twitter.com/DavidMarra Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 11 min
December 15, 2020 My Chat with Dave Stapleton of Connacht Whiskey Co. & outgoing Chairman of the Irish Whiskey Association
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.
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https://connachtwhiskey.com/ Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
54 min
December 08, 2020 My Chat with Bill Linnane, Ireland's Whiskey Journalist
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.
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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/ Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 3 min
December 01, 2020 My Chat with Conor Ryan from Pearse Lyons Distillery & The Folk House Bar in Kinsale
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.
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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 Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
54 min
November 23, 2020 My Chat with Dave O'Connell #SundayNightSup & Powers Whiskey collector extraordinaire
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 Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 16 min
November 16, 2020 My Chat with Mark Lonergan, Manager of The Shelbourne Bar in Cork
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 Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
1 hr 48 min
November 11, 2020 My Chat with my Bottleshare Group
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% Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.
59 min