Join me for My Distillery Chat with Gearóid Cahill in Slane Distillery.

Gearóid is one of the only Master Brewers AND Master Distillers working in the alcohol industry.

He spent nearly 20yrs as one of Diageo's top brewers, before going to work as Head Distiller for the fledgling Slane Distillery in Co. Meath, in the shadow of the famous concert venue, Slane Castle.

They are a really interesting small distillery as they run column stills and grow most of their grain on the 1500 acre Slane farm.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

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I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.

Laurie

Join me for My Distillery Chat with Connor Howlett at Stillgarden Distillery, in the heart of Dublin city.

Connor has worked as a brand ambassador and chief gardener at Stillgarden for a couple of years now, after he finished his English and Film degree in 2021. He is very passionate about creating spirits of real integrity and it was a pleasure to spend an afternoon chatting with him.

Stillgarden Distillery make modern Irish spirits using as many local grown botanicals as we can and capture those amazing flavours through some very cool science. They have a gin school onsite and offer training and experiences for many different groups.

I have uploaded images of most of the bottles spoken about in this episode exclusively to my Patreon Channel. Join below.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

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I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.

Laurie

Join me for My Historic Bottle Chat with Leo Phelan.

Leo is a lifelong whiskey enthusiast. He has been knee deep in the Irish whiskey world for over 20yrs.

He is a founding member and former president of the Irish Whiskey Society. He has become one of the authorities on historic Irish whiskey bottles in Ireland and is regularly consulted on authenticating bottles.

He has amassed an amazing collection of historic bottles himself and I visited Leo at his home, to chat about his collection and learn a little more about his fascinating legacy Irish bottles.

I have uploaded images of most of the bottles spoken about in this episode exclusively to my Patreon Channel. Join below.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

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I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.

Laurie

Join me for My Peated Garden Chat with JP, Kevin & Aidan.

JP O'Riordan, Kevin Murphy & Aidan McGovern called up to my back garden and we had a fantastic afternoon chatting about peated/ turfed/ smoky whiskeys, beer and a cocktail.

I love recording the Garden Chats, they're the most fun. Always good to share great drops with buddies.

This is part 1, there is another part to be released next.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

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I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.

Laurie

Join me for My Chat with John O'Connell in West Cork Distillers in Skibbereen.

My wife Sonya and I visited John on a very, very rainy Saturday afternoon and we were welcomed with open arms. What an amazing distillery John O'Connell, Ger McCarthy and Denis McCarthy have built. Supporting well over 200 local jobs in their locality, buying only Irish grain for use in the distillery and running over 16 different stills with 4 more in production, this is an impressive large craft operation.

You will not find a more intelligent, gentle and humble person in the Irish whiskey industry than John O'Connell.

A big thanks to Cathal O'Brien from West Cork Distillers for arranging this for me.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

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I really hope you listening in to our chat as we walked around the distillery.

Laurie

Join me for My Chat with Stephen D'alton, co-author of Wise's Irish Whiskey book.

Stephen recently collaborated with the legendary Midleton Master Distiller Emeritus Barry Crockett on a book detailing the story behind the distilling Wise family dynasty in Cork.

The Wise's once ran the highest output Irish Whiskey distillery in the 1800's, at North Mall Distillery along the banks of the River Lee in Cork city, exporting to the far flung corners of the British Empire and the Americas.

Stephen and I had a fantastic, rambling, chat about their book and inevitably meandered our way to all sorts of topics.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

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I hope you enjoy our chat.

Laurie

Join me for My Chat with Bill Lark, the Godfather of Australian Whiskey.

Bill & his wife Lyn were responsible for reigniting the Australian whiskey industry in the early 90's. His brand Lark Distillery is still going and he is still involved in Lark Distillery in an ambassadorial role. His is a truly fascinating tale of what you can achieve when you set your mind on a lofty goal.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

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I hope you enjoy our chat.

Laurie

Join me for My Tasmanian Whiskey Garden Chat with Dan, Paul Costello & JP.

This Garden Chat was recorded a couple of months back. I was gifted a box of Tasmanian Whiskey samples from Transportation Whiskey founder John Halton up at Belfast Whiskey Week 2023, who is one of the biggest advocates for Irish Whiskey in Australia and Tassie Whiskey in Ireland. It is a selection from some of the many distilleries in Tasmania and it didn't disappoint.

JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington and Paul Costello joined me in my back garden and we had a ball discovering all these new flavours.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• Irish Whiskey Auctions
• www.boanndistillery.ie

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

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I hope you enjoy our chat.

Laurie