Jan 24, 2023
It seems appropriate that an episode featuring me taking a walking tour of Belfast with McConnell's Sarah Kennedy would sync up with the story of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was a pivital time in Irish history, when a last ditch effort was made to separate from the control of Great Britain. Its an event that...
Jan 16, 2023
The names of Jameson, Roe, and Powers all
have a special place in the history of the success of the Irish
whiskey industry. But none of them had the power and influence in
the 18th century to take their whiskey around the world. It took an
Undertaker.
This week, we'll meet that man who almost
ruined Irish whiskey's...
Jan 9, 2023
For distillers in the 18th Century, the challenge was not getting crushed by tax revenuers because of a lack of quality devices or understanding of what makes a gallon, something that changed often over the centuries.
Listen as I dig into the history of proof and measuring volume, while we get visits from Alfred...