Whiskey Chats

Join me for My Chat with Jarlath Watson from Echlinville Distillery. I called up for a visit and had a great chat with Jarlath about Echlinville & the iconic Belfast whiskey brand Dunvilles, that they are releasing finished whiskey under. With the recently announced multi-million pound investment and expansion of the distillery & visitor centre, things are only looking up for Echlinville. https://...

Join me for My Chat with Cyril Downes, Tony O'Neill & Dermot Morrissey, the 3 founding members from the BMWA Club in Mother Macs Pub in Limerick. 15 friends meet up monthly in Mother Macs bar after reading a book, listening to an album or podcast and share a whiskey, to discuss and review that month's selections.  Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

Join me for My Chat with Paul Corbett, head distiller with Clonakilty Distillery. Myself and my buddy Aidan McGovern headed down to Clonakilty for a behind the scenes tour where Head Distiller Paul Corbett brought us through the entire whiskey making process. Brilliant.....!!! Have a listen in, Sláinte.

Join me for Part 2 of My Garden Chat tasting the new beer cask finished Clonakilty whiskeys that are being released in the US.......but there will be some available at the Distillery Shop and the online store:   https://clonakiltydistillery.digitickets.co.uk/category/27320?navItem=167549 My buddies JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Aidan McGovern joined me for a chat. Drops of the night:  Clonakilty...

Join me for Part 1 of My Garden Chat tasting the new beer cask finished Clonakilty whiskeys that are being released in the US.......but there will be some available at the Distillery Shop and the online store:   https://clonakiltydistillery.digitickets.co.uk/category/27320?navItem=167549 My buddies JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Aidan McGovern joined me for a chat. Have a listen in, Sláinte.

Join me for My Chat with WhiskyJason aka Jason Stover. I have enjoyed watching Jason's whisky reviews on YouTube every Monday, Wednesday & Friday and joined him for a LiveStream on his channel. This is the podcast we recorded. Check out his whisky review channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGSDNjDyhBBO6XpF3SqYOA Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

Join me for My Chat with Anthony Sheehy from Irish Whiskey Auctions. I visited him in his HQ in Dundalk and he showed me around, where I got to see and handle some very rare bottles of Irish Whiskey.  Check out their monthly auctions on: www.irishwhiskeyauctions.ie Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.

Join me for My Chat with Dr Max Potterton from Boortmalt & Grace O'Reilly,  Waterford Whisky's Chief Agronomist. Max and Grace hosted me in Dalton's Grain Mill in Kilkenny, where Waterford Whisky's Mark Rainier stores his single farm origin barley in The Cathedral, the specially customised grain warehouse. Here, all the grains for Waterford's Single Malt are stored in separate bays, ready to be di...

Join me for My Chat with Brendan Carty from Killowen Distillery.  I made the long pilgrimage from Cork to Co. Down and visited Brendan at the smallest distillery in Ireland. He gave me a personal tour of his maturation warehouse, boutique distillery, fermentation yard, malting house and his office... but don't worry, they're all within 10ft of each other. I had a blast, have a listen in. My drop o...

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....

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...

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...

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 Distille...

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...

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

Join me for My Chat with The Kilkenny Whiskey Guild. I was joined by 4 of their members: Cyril Briscoe,  Jim Raferty from the Dylan Whiskey Bar,  Pat Crotty from Paris Texas Bar and  Eddie Langton from Langton's House Hotel We had a great chat about why the Guild was set up, what they've achieved in promoting whiskey tourism in Kilkenny City and how they are looking forward to 2024, where Kilkenny...

Join me for My Chat with Nick Ryan from The Irish Whiskey & Spirits Institute and Thomond Gate Whiskey. I recently completed a WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Lvl 2 award in Spirits course with Nick and wanted to share the experience, so I asked Nick to come on the podcast for a chat about it. Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte

Join me for my chat with Eric Ryan & Liam Murray who founded the Cork Whiskey Society. We chatted about how they came to form the society, interesting tastings they have put on over the years and also about the societies cask program. Have a listen in on our chat,  Sláinte

Join me for My Chat with Stephen Randles from Origin Spirits. He represents The Currach Whiskey, Ornabrak Gin and Kalak Vodka. All three of these products are really unique in their sector and I wanted to find out more about them from Stephen.  My drops of the day were: Kalak Single Malt Vodka, Kalak Single Malt Peated Vodka, Ornabrak Single Malt Gin, The Currach Single Malt Atlantic Kombu Seaweed...

Join me for my Chat with Willie Murphy, also known as Pot Still Will online. Willie is one of the pre-eminent collectors of Redbreast in Ireland and an all round nice guy. We had a great chat about the whiskeys and people involved in collecting through the last few decades.  My drop of the night was Redbreast 27yr old and Willie was drinking Redbreast 12yr old from Fitzgerald & Co from the early 9...

Join me for my chat with William Lavelle, head of the Irish Whiskey Association with Drinks Ireland. I had the opportunity to speak to William and find out the lay of the whiskey land. What better day to chat to William than on World Whiskey Day!  Have a listen in on our chat, Sláinte.