Triple Distilled Communications
A blog about whiskey and other matters of interest
Tag: Irish whiskey
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Recently Heaven Hill released a new Lace Peachberry Whiskey targeting women with a “one-of-a-kind whiskey with a vibrant attitude and feminine touch with the juxtaposition of a darker side.” Besides the fact it looks as edgy as the Hot Topic stuff you bought in the 6th grade, buried in the press release is an interesting…
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These images show a person’s brain before drinking 6 ounces of whisky (left), immediately after drinking the whisky (middle) and 90 mins after drinking (right). In these brain scans, blue represents a more chaotic brain, while yellow shows less chaos. This is your brain on whisky: Medical Xpress
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THE WHISKEY RENAISSANCE has the world clamoring for well-aged hooch, but the so-called brown spirits—whiskey, brandy, rum—have one widely-publicized problem. It takes time, and lots of it, to make them. Or at least to make them taste good. The booze industry has been looking for shortcuts to the aging process virtually since its inception, ranging…
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I met with Maurice and Frederic Hennessy, two brothers who are the eighth-generation descendants of Richard Hennessy, the north Cork man who created the iconic Cognac brand. The feature ran in the Irish Examiner a few months back, but this is the full version. All the beautiful photos were taken by the fantastic Ger McCarthy, one of…
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So I got to take part in the Irish Whiskey Academy here in my hometown, along with a bunch of whisk(e)y writers, bloggers and promoters. It was a lot of fun, and I’d highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in whiskey….and a grand to spare. This article originally appeared in the Irish Examiner…