Feb 20, 2025

Join me for My Lough Mask Distillery Chat with Andrew Bourke-Hastings, Head Distiller.

I recently visited this picturesque, yet industrial, distillery in beautiful county Mayo, surrounded on all sides by gorgeous lakes and mountains.

Andrew started in Lough Mask as a brewer and is now their Head Distiller. They are...

Feb 11, 2025

Join me for My Micil Distillery Chat with Pádraic Ó'Griallais.

I visited Micil Distillery, based out the back of the Oslo Bar, in the heart of Salthill just outside Galway city, in January 2024.

This is a really charming, boutique distillery that I wanted to see for a long time. I wasn't disappointed. What couldn't...

Feb 5, 2025

Join me for My Midleton Distillery Garden Chat with Barry Chandler, Dan Pennington, Paul Costello and Mark Lonergan.

I set up a marquee out my back garden over Xmas 2024. The lads called up, Dan was on BBQ duty, I made Belfast Coffees, we had a ball.

I asked Midleton Master Blender Dave McCabe for a sample set from the...