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Whiskey Chats

Laurie O'Dwyer
Whiskey Chats
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    My Dingle Distillery Chat with Elliot Hughes

    29/05/2026 | 1h 11 mins.
    Join me for My Dingle Distillery Chat with Elliot Hughes.
    Elliot is carrying on the family legacy at the head of Dingle Distillery and The Porterhouse Group.
    I sat with Elliot ...... and his 2 doggies..... in his kitchen and had a fantastic chat about his journey with 'The Family Business'.
    Dingle Distillery and it's whiskey, gin and vodka is known worldwide and it was great to get a behind the brand chat with someone so involved in the 14yr journey...
    This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
    www.boanndistillery.ie
    www.theharbourviewhotel.com
    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.
    https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
    I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
    Laurie
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    My Irish Whiskey Association Chat with Director Eoin O'Catháin

    23/04/2026 | 49 mins.
    Join me for My Irish Whiskey Association Chat with Director Eoin O'Catháin.
    Eoin has been Director of the IWA for over 2.5 years. We sat for a chat in a busy Doheny & Nesbitt pub on Dublin's Baggot St, a real charming boozer in the heart of Dublin city. 
    Eoin and I chatted about how the IWA advocates for and protects the Irish Whiskey category internationally and went down many other rabbit-holes... 
    This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
    www.boanndistillery.ie
    www.killowendistillery.com 
    www.theharbourviewhotel.com
    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.
    https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
    I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
    Laurie
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    My Harbourview Whiskey Hotel Chat with Adrian McLaughlin

    14/04/2026 | 1h 49 mins.
    Join me for My Harbourview Whiskey Hotel Chat with Adrian McLaughlin.
    Adrian, along with a few other lads, has created Ireland's first whiskey hotel, above in Co Antrim.
    The hotel has an amazing Wee Bar, to chill out in. A hugely diverse selection of whiskeys to choose from, a cask room where you can bottle your own whiskey straight from the cask, a rhib boat that can bring you the short trip across the Irish Sea to Islay or Campbeltown, two Scottish whisky meccas..... It has it all.... and I got to experience it first hand.
    Have a listen in as Adrian gives me the grand tour and we have a bit of craic chatting whiskey.
    This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
    www.boanndistillery.ie
    www.killowendistillery.com 
    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.
    https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
    I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
    Laurie
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    My Bushmills Chat with Master Distiller Colum Egan

    07/04/2026 | 1h
    Join me for My Bushmills Chat with Master Distiller Colum Egan.
    Colum has worked at Bushmills Distillery since the 90's, before becoming Master Distiller in 2002.
    He grew up in Portarlington, Co Laois, but a local Antrim girl drew him North, where he has enjoyed an illustrious career in Bushmills Distillery.
    This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
    www.boanndistillery.ie
    www.killowendistillery.com 
    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.
    https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
    I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
    Laurie
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    My Bushmills Cooper Chat with Alastair Kane

    16/03/2026 | 59 mins.
    Join me for My Bushmills Cooper Chat with Alastair Kane.
    Alastair has worked in Bushmills Distillery for nearly 50yrs..!!
    He grew up in Bushmills village, a mere stone's throw from Bushmills Distillery, where he played as a kid.
    In 2012 he apprenticed his son Chris, who now works alongside his dad in the cooperage, completing a 5th generation coopering legacy in the Kane family.
    This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
    www.boanndistillery.ie
    www.killowendistillery.com 
    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.
    https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast
    I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
    Laurie
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About Whiskey Chats
Join me, Laurie O'Dwyer, on my whiskey apprenticeship, as I have a bit of craic chatting to guests about all things whiskey and spirits.
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