Irish Whiskey: Stories and Sips
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Darryl McNally: Master of The Liberties
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2019 I stood in the lobby of the Aloft Hotel in the Liberties area of Dublin city. For the first time in more than 70 years the roofs and...
Ernest Cantillon: Cork's Bar, Restaurant and Whiskey Entrepreneur
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Irish whiskey has a fascinating past - we've had many great conversations about the rise and fall and rise again of Irish whiskey on this podcast. One...
Alex Loudon – Ireland's Rainwater Whiskey Maker
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In October this year, Ireland had 34 operating Irish whiskey distilleries. As we settle in to November, we now find ourselves with 36 distilleries on...
Dave Mulligan: Ireland's Proud Poitín Purveyor
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before Irish whiskey as we know it today, there was a different spirit, the precursor to whiskey, the spirit that every house in Ireland had a drop of...
John O'Donovan – Irish Whiskey's Global Retailer
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For every whiskey business, there are hundreds of ancillary businesses that, working together, help us get the whiskey into our glass wherever we are...
Fionnán O'Connor – Ireland's Pot Still Whiskey Historian – Part 2
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before the available choices of single pot still whiskey stretched beyond two – Green Spot and Redbreast 12, one man had fallen in love with both th...
Fionnán O'Connor - Ireland's Pot Still Whiskey Historian - Part 1
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Irish single pot still whiskey is in the midst of a welcome resurgence. Once one of the best selling styles of whiskey in the world, its rollercoaster...
Jarlath Watson: Blending Echlinville's Innovation with Belfast's Whiskey Traditions
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Stories & Sips I spent a very enjoyable afternoon chatting with Jarlath Watson, global brand ambassador and part of the founding te...
James Doherty: A Return to Donegal Distilling
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 175 years since legal distilling has happened in Ireland's North Western-most county of Donegal. That changed with the establishment of Slia...
Kieran Folliard: 2 Gingers, Many Irish Pubs & No All-Ireland Football Medals
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He built an Irish pub group, he became the world's biggest seller of Jameson, he launched his own Irish whiskey, he sold the pubs, he sold the whiskey...
Daithí O'Connell: Ireland's Modern Whiskey Merchant
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daithí O'Connell is the founder of W.D. O'Connell Whiskey Merchants. It's safe to say that the whiskey merchants of old didn't have previous experien...
John Quinn: Tullamore Legend & Irish Whiskey Icon
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Quinn serves as global brand ambassador for Tullamore D.E.W., one of the most recognized brands in Irish whiskey, a company he has played a role ...
Jack Ferris: Old Bushmills Distillery & New Single Malts
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up even closer to a distillery than I did, this week's guest Jack Ferris, is the United States National Brand Ambassador for Bushmills. I've f...
Liam Brogan: Two Stacks & The Beginning of a Whiskey Journey
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode in a series of conversations I'll be having with the founding team of Ireland Craft Beverages. They are about to launch thei...
Rob Caldwell: Dissecting Dublin's Teeling Whiskey
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Teeling has remained a bit of an enigma to me over the past few years as I've tried to get my head around the myriad of brands they produce. To put me...
Jonathan Mitchell: A Spot of Irish Whiskey History
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are seeing a resurgence in demand for Ireland's quintessential style of Irish whiskey - pot still whiskey. New distilleries all over the coun...
Peter Mulryan: From Broadcasting to The Blackwater
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Outspoken and passionate, Peter Mulryan is determined to build on Irish whiskey's rich, diverse history and recipes, and with a healthy pour of innova...
Mary Ferriter: Dingle Distillery's Founding Mother
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One woman has been part of the story of Dingle and the distillery since before this crazy idea to distill in one of Europe's most westerly towns was h...
Louise McGuane: Blends, Bottles & Bonds
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The rise in demand for Irish whiskey around the world over the past ten years has led to the building of new distilleries in Ireland and the establish...
Maurice O'Connell: Irish Whiskey's Wayward Gentleman
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fight for Irish rights in the early 1800s, there is one dominant name - Daniel O'Connell - known as The Liberator or The Emancipator. O'Connell...
Eric Ryan: Cork's Whiskey Walker & Talker
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I caught up with Eric Ryan - a man with a remarkable range of experience, knowledge and historical interest in whiskey and especially whiske...
Grace O'Reilly: Waterford Distillery's Crop Walker
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year, the much-anticipated first whiskey releases will leave the gates of Waterford Distillery. The distillery's intense approach to all aspects ...
Irish Whiskey & Seaweed: A Marriage of Land & Sea.
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The growing demand for Irish whiskey has inspired new innovation by Irish whiskey distilleries across every aspect of fermentation, distillation and m...
Powers Irish Whiskey: A Love Story
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As someone who grew up in a "Powers house" - that is, a house that stocked a bottle of Powers "just in case" (in case of what was never made clear) I ...
Thomond Gate Whiskey: Bringing Irish Whiskey Back To Limerick
25 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1800s, the city of Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon, played a prominent role in the production and eventual export of Irish whiskey t...
A Day in the Distiller's Cottage: Dream Drams & Dream Casks
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a warm summer's day last year, my buddy Omar Fitzell from thatsdramgood.com and I managed to talk our way into the famed Distiller's Cottage on the...
Waterford Distillery: Ireland's Most Exciting New Whiskey Distillery
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's a whiskey/whisky revolution happening in the south east of Ireland at the moment. Waterford, a county more historically associated with cut cr...
Tales and tastes of Kilbeggan, Connemara and The Tyrconnell
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I was lucky enough to spend some time in New York recently with Beam Suntory Irish Whiskey portfolio brand ambassador Janice Snowden who walked us thr...
Clonakilty: West Cork, Whales & Whiskey
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Stories and Sips comes all the way from New York where we sit down and chat with Clonakilty Distillery brand ambassador Peter Shannon ...
Walsh Whiskey - Tears & Triumph
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone familiar with the struggle of putting pen to paper on a consistent basis to create, to craft, to tell a story will be all too familiar with the...
An American and his Irish castle full of whiskey
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Stories & Sips, we're going to delve deep into the past to discover the Hollywood-esque story of an American, his Irish cast...
Echlinville Distillery - Northern Ireland's Whiskey Upstart
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we're going to take a journey back in time and for the first time on Stories and Sips we're going north of the border – very topical...
Kilbeggan: The Distillery That Brought Down A Government
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Less than an hour's drive west from Dublin, lies the small town of Kilbeggan - a town that has been home to many distilleries over the years and it's ...
Pearse Lyons Distillery - Dublin's Whiskey Altar
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The floozy in the jacuzzi, the tart with the cart, the hags with the bags….Dubliners are fond of adding a nickname to the monuments that pop around ...
Exploring Waterford's Whisk(e)y Revolution
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A county in Ireland that five years ago didn't have a single distillery is an unlikely location for some of the greatest innovation in the Irish whisk...
Stories & Sips in Ireland. Day 5: Behind the scenes at Midleton Distillery
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 18 of Stories & Sips, the final episode from my whiskey trip to Ireland late last year and the first video of 2019. I'm especially ...
Stories & Sips in Ireland. Days 2-4: Pearse Lyons, John's Lane & Whiskey Live
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After a busy first day of whiskey tourism in Dublin, the second day has to be taken a little more slowly! But then again, there are sights to be seen....
Stories & Sips in Ireland. Day 1: Teeling, Jameson & The Palace Bar
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of Stories & Sips comes live from Dublin in Ireland which is seeing a resurgence in Irish whiskey production, 40 years since the l...
Expensive Irish Whiskey In A Cocktail? Is He Mad?
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
By the end of this episode, some of you will want to hang me, and others will have a new-found respect for Irish whiskey. Either way I'm going to talk...
10 Reasons To Fall In Love With Powers Irish Whiskey
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1791, a man not satisfied with operating a tavern in the old liberties area of Dublin decided to start making his own whiskey. This decision would ...
How Irish Whiskey Gave Us Radio
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Irish whiskey has done more than satiated our thirst, it has in fact changed the world. In this episode of stories and sips we look at the incredible ...
A Cork man, a Waterford woman and Jameson Black Barrel
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Stories and Sips, you get two Irish people for the price of one as I'm joined by Jameson Brand Ambassador Lisa McGrath who shares t...
An Irish Whiskey Fit For A Manor
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1825, three Murphy brothers purchased an old woolen mills in Midleton in County Cork and converted it into a distillery on the banks of the Dungour...
Dingle, a dolphin and a distillery
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Stories & Sips we're talking about dolphins, and distilleries. That can only mean one thing. We're talking about one of the most we...
5 Reasons Irish Whiskey Is Booming
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Irish Whiskey Association, combined sales of Irish whiskey are growing at a rate of 250,000 bottles a week. This year will be the fir...
A Toast To Whiskey Bonders, Old And New
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you were a visitor to Ireland 60 years ago (which in itself would have been a rare thing) and you wanted a bottle of whiskey...if you had gone to t...
The Night Whiskey Destroyed Dublin
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A Jameson TV commercial a few years ago tells the tale of how John Jameson saved his precious whiskey from The Great Dublin Fire of 1789. In order to ...
The Right Way To Drink Irish Whiskey
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It is a widely known truth that the best way to drink Irish whiskey is while sitting in a green field, in the shadow of a distillery, while fair maide...
A Love Letter To Midleton And Its Whiskeys
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Midleton, a small farming town in East Cork, a half hour's drive from Cork City is the unlikely center of the world for Irish whiskey. Unlikely, maybe...
The D.E.W Behind Tullamore Irish Whiskey
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What I love about Irish whiskey is that it is far more than the taste, the flavor, the bottle or the label. With many Irish whiskeys you are sipping t...
Why Whiskey Stories Matter
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's more to Irish whiskey than the liquid in the bottle or the label adorning it's glass. Behind the whiskey are stories, some fact, some fiction,...
The Legendary Paddy Behind Paddy Irish Whiskey
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1912, the Cork Distilleries Co. changed the name of their whiskey to honor a man who had worked for the company for almost 50 years. But he was no ...
Welcome to Stories & Sips
29 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode in our twice-weekly attempt at introducing unsuspecting Americans to the joys of Irish whiskey. The incredible history of...