Whiskey Chats

Join me for My Irish Whiskey Technical File Chat with Dr Fionnán O'Connor.
The legislation governing how Irish whiskey can be made is going through a review process at the moment. The consensus amongst every producer on the island is that it needs to change and is not historically accurate. This will allow distilleries to produce and market Pot Still Irish Whiskey and Grain Irish Whiskey to alter their methods and recipes for the better.
Fionnán's Doctural Thesis research into historic Irish Whiskey Mashbills or recipes, has made a huge contribution to this momentum and is foundational to the questions currently being asked by the Dept of Agriculture in Ireland, who hold responsibilty, as part of a Public Consultaion process. I encourage you to follow the link below and engage with this process.
https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/consultations/public-consultation-on-proposed-amendments-to-the-irish-whiskey-technical-file/ 
This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:
www.boanndistillery.ie
www.theharbourviewhotel.com
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I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.
Laurie

Join me for My Ballina Distillery Chat with Blending Manager Stacey Longworth.
I visited Stacey in what used to be called Connacht Distillery in Co Mayo.
Terroir Distillers, a French drinks company, bought Connacht Distillery in 2024 and it is now rebranded as Ballina Distillery.
They have double and triple Distilled Single Malt releases as their first releases. All of this liquid was distilled at the distillery .......... and a little birdie told me it's roughly 6yr old whiskeys.
I was always impressed with the whiskey that came out of that distillery and really enjoyed my access all areas guided tour with Stacey.
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

Join me for My Irish Distillers History Chat with Archivist Carol Quinn.
This is my third Chat with Carol and they always seem to be better than the last.
Carol is so knowledgeable on the history of Cork Distilleries Company, the precursor to Irish Distillers.
I joined Carol in her archive, at The Distillers Cottage in Midleton Distillery and we had a great chat about how Irish Distillers evolved from CDC and she dispelled a few myths about Irish whiskey along the way aswell, that I put to her.
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

Join me for My State of the Industry Chat with John Teeling..
John Teeling is the current owner of Great Northern Distillery, founder of Cooley Distillery in 1988 and has also been involved in precious minerals and metal exploration and mining for most of his life.
He was a lecturer in economics back in the day and his insight into world markts, especially as they pertain to whiskey, is nearly unrivalled. He has been there and seen it.....
This was an extremely insightful chat for me and I hope you learn as much as I did from it, from this very special fella....
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

Join me for My Belfast Whiskey Week Chat 2026 with Paul Kane.
Paul Kane founded Belfast Whiskey Week in 2019.
This will be it's 9th year running over 9 days from 24th July - 01st August 2026.
This year's festival have an amazing array of events, including 3 sub-festivals, all running in the amazing bars and areas of Belfast city centre. Tickets are now Live for most events and, again, it's a crazy list of experiences to choose from....
https://www.belfastwhiskeyweek.com/
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