My article on the Spirit Of Speyside whisky festival in Scotland went into Saturday’s Irish Examiner, naturally they had to trim it as I had written The Lord Of The Rings, so I’m posting the full version here. I wrote a separate blog post about it here, which covers all the events I attended, and […]
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When pale ale is not a euphemism
The launch of the Franciscan Well Jameson-Aged Pale Ale in the Oliver Plunkett late last year. And from today’s Irish Examiner: The Franciscan Well Brewery, on the North Mall, won two golds, a silver and three bronze medals, adding to 23 previous major awards in the past two years. The brewery won the double gold for […]
Fancy getting wankered down in Anchorage, Alaska? Well, you’ll be (Michelle) Shocked to learn that a distillery in the Great White North is looking for a master distiller. Please enjoy responsibly as apparently they go all Thirty Days Of Night if they have more than two gats.
Double act: the making of Handmade 2015’s picnic whisky set, by Peter Ivy – *Wallpaper
A branding expert picks apart the new Green Spot’s packaging.
Russia legalises moonshine
‘I can no longer see’. Russia legalises production of whisky and moonshine – Newsweek
Iver regret
We did a photo shoot for Bushmills. To be clear: They gave us a bunch of money and we were able to finish [my recording studio] without borrowing. It was great for us, and everybody that worked at the company was great, and I love Bushmills and wanted to do the deal because my dad […]
A consumer would have to drink in the region of three bulk tanks before they actually become effected by the carcinogens, but NGN barley is what the malting industry will require in the future. Seamus Kearney of the Department of Agriculture, speaking at the Irish Seed Trade Association’s open day in Kildalton about how non-glysodic nitrile […]
*Anthrax the band, not the airborne pathogen.
Macro to micro
The plans for the micro-distillery in Midleton. And my recent/rubbish photo of the outside of it: If only I was an operator there so I could get inside and take some photos! Well: They are putting in a brewhouse too, and they are basically going to go wild on it all. The main […]
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