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Upcoming event - an evening with Glendalough
We're delighted to announce our next event which will be an evening with Eoin Cooney (Irish Brand Ambassador for Glendalough Distillery)...
Nigel
Mar 29, 20241 min read
Our event - an introduction to Irish whiskey
After years of online and private events, we finally took the plunge and held our first public event which would be a guided tasting...
Nigel
Mar 29, 20241 min read
American whiskey tasting
Well that was something. To conclude our "Whiskies of the World" tasting series - which had previously included a focus on Irish...
Nigel
Dec 9, 20231 min read
South East Whiskey Festival 2023
The first South East Whiskey Festival took place in early March in a number of pubs across Wexford town and I was lucky enough to attend...
Nigel
Mar 23, 20236 min read
Bushmills’ Caribbean Rum Cask Finish
This whiskey is part of the Bushmills Cask Finish range; at the time of writing this only also included the American Oak Cask Finish but...
Nigel
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Teeling’s Renaissance Series 3 Single Malt
The Irish whiskey renaissance is in full flow. There are about four dozen distilleries either operational or planned right now. Contrast...
Nigel
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Bill Phil Batch 02
At the Snug, we love authenticity. I remember hearing Daithí O’Connell speak about his own whiskey journey a few years ago and was struck...
Nigel
Feb 24, 20232 min read
A private tasting - Scotch whiskey
Due to popular demand, a private tasting took place in early December with nine hardy souls braving the elements. Again, we met at...
Nigel
Feb 21, 20231 min read
A private tasting - Irish whiskey
In late October 2022, we managed to get together in "Paddy's pool room" for our first tasting. Thirteen enthusiasts gathered to enjoy six...
Nigel
Feb 21, 20231 min read
Bord Na Mora
Its time to talk about Peat, no not one of Irelands most illustrious scrum halves, Peated Whiskey. I find that as I go through my whiskey...
Rory
Feb 18, 20234 min read
Connacht Single Malt Batch 1
I visited the Connacht distillery in Ballina a few years ago – before the plague landed – and loved everything about the visit. The guide...
Nigel
Feb 18, 20232 min read
Dingle Single Malt review
This Dingle distillery’s release – the Dingle Single Malt, which is the first whiskey in their new core range – was greeted with huge...
Nigel
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Minimum Unit Pricing and whiskey
Minimum unit pricing (MUP) kicks in from 4 January 2022 with the aim of improving public health by increasing the cost of cheap alcohol...
Nigel
Jan 3, 20222 min read
My Whiskey Journey
My whiskey Journey started in Limerick as a small boy. My Grandad would have a ‘ball of malt’ with my dad when we would go to visit....
Rory
Jan 24, 20215 min read
Blue Spot review
Context matters. Without context, the release of an Irish whiskey in the closing months of 2020 would be of relatively little interest:...
Nigel
Jan 9, 20213 min read
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