Gary Quinn - Irish Whiskey - Ireland’s best-known and most-loved whiskeys

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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

What this book covers

Introduction

What is Irish Whiskey?

Wood, spirit, and maturation

Location maps

Northern Ireland

West Central Ireland

Southwestern Ireland

East Central Ireland

Southeastern Ireland

Irish Whiskey

Achill Island Distillery

Ballykeefe Distillery

Blackwater Distillery

Boann Distillery

The Whistler: The Blue Note

The Whistler: 10-year-old

Bushmills Distillery

Bushmills Original

Bushmills Red Bush

Bushmills Black Bush

Bushmills 10-year-old Single Malt

Bushmills 16-year-old Single Malt

Bushmills 21-year-old Single Malt

Clonakilty Distillery

Clonakilty Single Batch

Clonakilty Port Cask

Clonakilty Single Grain Bordeaux

Connacht Whiskey Distillery

Spade & Bushel 12

Ballyhoo Grain

Cooley Distillery

Dingle Distillery

Dingle Single Malt, Batch No. 4

Dingle Single Pot Still, Batch No. 3

The Dublin Liberties Distillery

The Dubliner range

Dublin Liberties Oak Devil

Dublin Liberties Copper Alley

Dublin Liberties Murder Lane

Dublin Liberties Keepers Coin

Dublin Liberties King of Hell

Great Northern Distillery

Irish Distillers

Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson Original

Jameson Crested

Jameson Caskmates

Jameson Black Barrel

Jameson Makers Series

Jameson 18-year-old Bow St. Edition

Powers

Powers Gold Label

Powers Three Swallows

Powers Signature Release

Powers John’s Lane

Redbreast

Redbreast 12

Redbreast Lustau

Redbreast 15

Redbreast 21

Method and Madness

Method and Madness Single Grain

Method and Madness Single Malt

Method and Madness Single Pot Still

Method and Madness 31-year-old Single Grain

Method and Madness Single Pot Still finished in Wild Cherry Wood

Method and Madness Single Pot Still finished in Acacia Wood

Midleton VR

Midleton Vintage Release 2018

Barry Crockett Legacy

Midleton VR Dair Ghaelach Grinsell’s Wood

The Spot range

Green Spot

Yellow Spot

Red Spot

Green Spot: the variations

Kilbeggan Distillery

Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey

Kilbeggan Small Batch Rye

Kilbeggan Single Grain

Connemara Original Peated Single Malt

Connemara 12-year-old Single Malt

Tyrconnell Single Malt

Tyrconnell Cask Series

Tyrconnell 16-year-old Single Malt

Killowen Distillery

Lough Measc Distillery

Pearse Lyons Distillery

Pearse Lyons – The Original

Pearse Lyons – Distiller’s Choice

Pearse Lyons – Cooper’s Select

Pearse Lyons – Founder’s Choice

Powerscourt Distillery

Fercullen Premium Blend

Fercullen 10-year-old Single Grain

Fercullen 14-year-old Single Malt

Rademon Distillery

Roe & Co Distillery

Roe & Co Blended Whiskey

Royal Oak Distillery

Slane Distillery

Slane Irish Whiskey

Teeling Distillery

Teeling Small Batch

Teeling Single Grain

Teeling Single Malt

Teeling Single Pot Still

Teeling Revival To Renaissance

The Echlinville Distillery

Dunville’s Three Crowns

Dunville’s Three Crowns Peated

Dunville’s PX ten-/twelve-year-old Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Dunville’s VR PM eighteen-year-old Rum Finish Irish Whiskey

The Shed Distillery

Tullamore Distillery

Tullamore D.E.W. Original

Tullamore D.E.W. 12-year-old Special Reserve

Tullamore D.E.W. 18-year-old Single Malt

Tullamore D.E.W. XO Rum Cask Finish

Waterford Distillery

West Cork Distillers

West Cork Irish Whiskey – Bourbon cask

West Cork Irish Whiskey – Cask Strength

West Cork Irish Whiskey – Black Cask

West Cork Irish Whiskey – IPA and Stout finish

West Cork Irish Whiskey – Glengarriff series

Independent brands

Celtic Cask Series

Dick Mack’s Pub

Glendalough Distillery

Grace O’Malley Irish Whiskey

JJ Corry

Knappogue Castle

Paddy whiskey

Silkie

Sonny Molloy’s

The Friend at Hand

The Long Hall

The Palace Bar

Tipperary Boutique Distillery

Walsh Whiskey

Index

Picture Credits

About the Author

About the Publisher

What this book covers

In this book I have tried to capture the personality of Ireland’s working distilleries and independent brands. In a time of rapid growth for the sector I want to champion Irish whiskey and allow as many people as possible to enjoy the journey it’s on.

The book is as much a travel guide to Ireland’s new distillery network as it is to the whiskeys they produce. In reading it, you should get a picture of the people, the places, and the products they have created. It should give you a comprehensive overview of Irish whiskey and the knowledge to choose a whiskey that matches your own personality and flavour preferences.

The first part of the book provides the story of each of the working distilleries and, where it exists, details their core range. Not all of the working distilleries are selling their own brand yet. Some of the younger distilleries have chosen not to use sourced whiskey from other distilleries, deciding instead to allow their own spirit to mature before putting their name to it.

The second part of the book is designed to celebrate the art of independent blending. Not all Irish whiskey brands have their own distillery, or ever intend to open one. This section introduces you to some of those independent brands who only source whiskey from distilleries to blend a new whiskey and outlines why their independence matters.

Irish whiskey is incredibly good fun and the people who drive it are passionate and full of life. I hope this book helps you meet them and get to enjoy what they make.

Introduction

If you’re looking for a dramatic pursuit, lose yourself in the story of Irish whiskey. It has all the elements of a great saga: poor beginnings, roaring success, sudden decline, a romantic back story, and back-from-the-brink re-invention – while bursting at the seams with plot twists.