Apr 30, 2025

Join me for My Hinch Distillery Chat with Emma Millar.

Emma Millar is a senior distiller since 2020, at the beautiful Hinch Distillery in Co. Down, founded by Dr Terry Cross in 2019. It is clearly a labour of love. The detail and scale of Hinch Distillery really impressed me as Emma showed me around.

But all the shiny...

Apr 21, 2025

Join me for My Ardara Distillery Chat with James Doherty.

James and Moira O'Doherty founded Sliabh Liag Distillers and began releasing their Silkie range of sourced smoky whiskeys, just as the covid lockdown hit, as well as An Dúlamán Irish Maritime gins.

James and Moira returned to Ireland from their last pit-stop...

Apr 17, 2025

Join me for My Chat with Tara Clarke from Dair Nua Cooperage.

Tara is the National Sales Manager at the cooperage. She is the conduit between the barrels they source, import, fix, care for and distribute to most of our favourite distilleries and brands throughout the island of Ireland. It is a very important...

Apr 5, 2025

Join me for My Master Cooper Chat with Darren Leonard.

Darren is a Master Cooper, not Head Cooper, above in Dair Nua Cooperage in Foxford, Co Mayo. He is a Master Cooper because he has successfully qualified an apprentice underneath him.

He is passionate about the craft of coopering and retaining the Irish traditions of...

Apr 4, 2025

Join me for My Palace Bar Chat with Stephen Randles, Michael Cowman & Micháel O'Flaherty.

We met up in The Palace Bar on Fleet St in Dublin city centre. Owner and publican Willie Ahern kindly allowed us to use the private Power's whiskey room, on the top floor, to record the podcast.

He even dropped in at the start of...