Triple Distilled Communications
A blog about whiskey and other matters of interest
Author: Bill Linnane
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One of the best free events in Cork every year. Terrible photos though.
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Sometimes I worry that I’m becoming one of those hot take guys, but then I remember that money of money and money money money #money. Anyway, this piece on Xennials went in the Indo today: Is your name John Paul? Were you named after the guy from Led Zeppelin, or the artist formerly known…
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As in, the Scottish for ‘y’know?’. But also a popular toy that got a makeover, promoting this work of genius in the Indo: Is there any toy more tragic than Ken? Since his creation back in 1959, his life has been one tragi-comic misadventure after another. Initially created with authentic felt hair, he had…
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There you have it folks, conclusive proof that if you make a mess of your life and burn every bridge, stardom will eventually come your way. pic.twitter.com/pfQolx8L0I — Bill Linnane (@Bill_Linnane) June 23, 2017 Week eight of my award-defying column, and yet no death threats. What am I doing wrong? Our traditional Leaving Cert…
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Have a little read in today's @irishexaminer about our quest to be organic and green. Because drinking beer doesn't have to cost the earth 😊 pic.twitter.com/sjC3GyJ9xR — MunsterBrewery (@MunsterBrewery) June 23, 2017 I wrote a couple of pieces for the Irish Examiner Food & Drink supplement; one about innovation in food and drink, and one on…
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It was the last night of the 2015 Spirit Of Speyside festival, and the great and good of distilling in the region were gathered at the Laichmoray Hotel in Elgin for one last hurrah. Across the table from me was Alan Winchester, who I suspected I ought to have known, but really didn’t. We chatted…
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Column for the Indo last Wednesday, in which I slowly peel away the mask of terrible comedy to reveal the raging emo sea within. They used to say too many cooks spoil the broth. Sadly it seems that broth of any description may soon be off the menu, as the Restaurant Association Of Ireland…
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Wrote an intensely pious piece on International Day For Men Who Got The Ride (Father’s Day) for the Indo, so here it is: Gather ye round my brothers, and let me tell ye of a fabled time, a golden age where a father’s job was to simply have a job, and little else. Returning…
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So I wrote a bit for the Examiner on the Aroma Academy’s Whisky Nosing Kit, something I had tried to buy on Master Of Malt at Christmas but it sold out. The main piece was on George Dodd, who is a Trinners educated Dub, and head of the Aroma Academy, but this was my lesser…
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You can be happily married, or you can live in Kinsale. That’s what I was told by a fellow traveller on Cork Whiskey Society’s expedition to the Folkhouse in the Cork seaside town. Kinsale is like Cork’s riviera, a playground for the rich and shameless, and, if my guide was right, a hotbed of wife…